foreskin
Americannoun
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foreskins
plural
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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Non-therapeutic circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of male babies and young children for religious or cultural reasons, rather than medical reasons.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
It’s done for cleanliness; Muslims believe the removal of the foreskin makes it easier to keep the penis clean because urine and other matter can’t get trapped there.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 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
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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