foreskin
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of foreskin
1525–35; fore- + skin; probably on the model of German Vorhaut (Luther); cf. prepuce
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These were among the responses to a story about the death of 23-year-old Alex Hardy, who was circumcised after secretly suffering from a tight foreskin - a condition known as phimosis - for many years.
From BBC ● May 11, 2019
Our son is uncircumcised, and we were lucky and took for granted that his doctors all knew to only “clean what’s seen” and to otherwise leave the foreskin alone.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2019
The procedure, popular in Hollywood celebrity circles, injects cells from a baby’s foreskin – specifically a South Korean baby’s foreskin – into the face.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2018
According to Liu, “the cytokines can play roles such as recruiting immune cells to foreskin, and the immune cells themselves are what HIV infects.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2017
In many parts of the world and in many traditions, boys have the foreskin cut back or removed from the glans of the penis.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Georgia Louise, the establishment’s owner, declined an interview, which meant I was unable to ask why she specifically uses foreskins from South Korean babies.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2018
Men’s foreskins are rich in immune-system cells, which are there to prevent the entry via the penis of infectious agents.
From Economist ● Jul. 25, 2012
Short of little, green men, the next best global unifier may be an assault on a parent’s right to determine the fate of little baby foreskins.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2012
Among circumcised men in Orange Farm, 6.2 percent have HIV, compared with 20 percent of those whose foreskins are intact, today’s findings show.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 20, 2011
Biobanks store appendixes, ovaries, skin, sphincters, testicles, fat, even foreskins from most circumcisions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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