foreskin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foreskin
1525–35; fore- + skin; probably on the model of German Vorhaut (Luther); cf. prepuce
Example Sentences
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He was given steroid cream to stretch his foreskin, but went back to the doctor after just a few weeks because he did not think the treatment was working.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
The procedure, popular in Hollywood celebrity circles, injects cells from a baby’s foreskin – specifically a South Korean baby’s foreskin – into the face.
From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2018
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
Immediately after the blow had been delivered, an assistant who follows the circumcision master takes the foreskin that is on the ground and ties it to a comer of your blanket.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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