GLANS PENIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glans penis mean? 

• GLANS PENIS (noun)
  The noun GLANS PENIS has 1 sense:

1. the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis

  Familiarity information: GLANS PENIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLANS PENIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glans penis" is a kind of...):

glans (a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris)

Holonyms ("glans penis" is a part of...):

member; penis; phallus (the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism))

 Context examples 

It results in painful swelling of the glans penis and, if is not corrected, may lead to gangrene.

(Paraphimosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition in which there is constriction in the tip of the foreskin resulting in inability to fully retract the foreskin over the glans penis.

(Phimosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The inability to retract the foreskin over the glans penis due to tightness of the prepuce.

(Phimosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A chronic and progressive inflammatory process that affects the glans penis and the foreskin.

(Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans, NCI Thesaurus)

An infectious or non-infectious inflammatory process that affects the glans penis.

(Balanitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the glans penis.

(Balanitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A condition in which the foreskin of an uncircumcised male is retracted and cannot be pulled back over the glans penis.

(Paraphimosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include redness and pain of the glans penis and foreskin and discharge.

(Balanitis, NCI Thesaurus)