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Prepuce

The prepuce is a retractable piece of skin which covers part of the genitals of primates and other mammals.

• On a male, this covers the head of the penis (the glans penis). See foreskin.
• On a female, it surrounds and protects the clitoris. See clitoral hood.

The clitoral hood, or prepuce, is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris.

See also

• Female circumcision, in particular the section on clitoridotomy (removal or splitting of the clitoral hood)

Links

• long, detailed anatomy article -- easily readable by the layman -- from a website that opposes male circumcision

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