glans

[ glanz ]

/ glænz /

noun, plural glan·des [glan-deez] /ˈglæn diz/. Anatomy.

the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris).

Nearby words

glandular epithelium, glandular fever, glandularly, glandule, glandulous, glans, glans clitoridis, glans penis, glanville-hicks, glanzmann's thrombasthenia, glare

Origin of glans

1640–50; < Latin glāns literally, acorn, beechmast; akin to Greek bálanos

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Examples from the Web for glans

Those peripheral nerves which provoke sexual excitation are especially the nerves of the glans.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
The mucous covering of the inner fold of the prepuce and glans was so irritable that connection often brought it about.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present|Peter Charles Remondino
He had an abnormally small opening in the prepuce, making the uncovering of the glans almost impossible.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
It is mostly situated on the glans and prepuce, and often attended with hemorrhage.
North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826|Various

It is most marked in chancres situated in the furrow between the glans and the prepuce.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for glans

glans

/ (ɡlænz) /

noun plural glandes (ˈɡlændiːz)

anatomy any small rounded body or glandlike mass, such as the head of the penis (glans penis)

Word Origin for glans

C17: from Latin: acorn; see gland 1

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Medicine definitions for glans

glans

[ glănz ]

n. pl. glan•des (glăn′dēz)

A conical vascular body forming the distal end of the penis.

A conical vascular body forming the distal end of the clitoris.