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glans penis

American  
[glanz pee-nis] / ˈglænz ˈpi nɪs /

noun

Anatomy.
  1. the highly sensitive bell-shaped end of the penis.


Etymology

Origin of glans penis

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

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In rare instances lichen planus lesions are also seen on the glans penis and on the buccal mucous membrane.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Dickinson mentions a Burmese male child, four years old, who had an imperforate anus and urethra, but who passed feces and urine successfully through an opening at the base of the glans penis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

No ossification was found in a single specimen of Ellobius examined by me although the entire glans penis was removed and cleared without dissection.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

Thus a stone at the neck of the bladder, if its stimulus is not very great, only induces the pain of strangury at the glans penis.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Swelling of the glans penis is not uncommon.

From The Dog by Dinks

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