glans penis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of glans penis
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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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)
Where there seems to be an over secretion of acrid urine, producing inflammation of the neck of the bladder, known by pain in the glans penis, Copaiva, and Apis mel. are the remedies.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)
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
The prepuce, as stated above, usually covers the glans penis in young children and may do so throughout life.
From The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Hall, Winfield Scott
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
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