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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

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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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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 Winfield Scott Hall

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 Sydney Anderson

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 Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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 B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill

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