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What is the name for the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis?
Prostatectomy refers to the removal of the prostate gland.A resection is when they cut something out, and a resection of the complete prostate gland is called a prostatectomy.1.Prostatectomy.
What is a circumcision AND photos?
A circumcision is the removal of the protective prepuce or foreskin from the front of the penis.
What is prepuce?
The technical term for prepuce is foreskin. The prepuce, also called the clitoral hood, is mainly erogenous tissue that is needed for normal sexual function.
What is the meaning of circumcision in the part of your BODY?
Circumcision is the amputation or removal if you like oft he prepuce or foreskin which covers the glans penis in normal intact men.
What is the function of prepuce in dogs?
The prepuce is a tubular sheet of skin which covers the free part of the penis. It is attached to the lower outside abdominal wall.The prepuce acts as a protective, moist covering for the dog's penis, because the prepuce is moist it can produce a thick, lubricating substance called smegma, smegma acts as an antibacterial substance therefore keeps the glans penis and the penis clean, it also acts as a lubricant. The prepuce only completely covers the penis when it isn't erect.
What does circumcision do?
Circumcision is the removal of the Prepuce or foreskin from the penis. this is largely a religious practice and there are no medical or health advantages in it except in extremely rare circumstances.
What is the removal of half of the stomach called?
It is the removal of half of the stomach called a gastroectomy
Do females have prepuce?
yes
Where is the prepuce located?
The prepuce surrounds the uncircumcised glans penis of the human male. It is more commonly referred to as the foreskin.
What is removal of foreskin called?
Removal of foreskin (whether male or female) is commonly called circumcision, from the Latin meaning "cut around". This word leaves out the most important fact, that something quite important to a man's sexual functioning is cut off and thrown away. It would be more accurately called "male genital cutting" because it is parallel in many ways with female genital cutting (especially the minor forms involving only the clitoral prepuce). Both are done for custom, habit, and conformity but with an extraordinary variety of other excuses given. The word "circumcision" carries a heavy freight of associations with ritual purity. The Jewish ceremony, carried out on the eighth day after birth, is called Brit Milah (Hebrew for covenant of cutting).
What is it called when they remove a growth from your head?
There is a brain teaser that goes "The removal of an appendix is called an appendectomy. The removal of tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What do you call the removal of a growth from the head?" The answer is "a haircut."
What is the removal of testes?
The removal of both testes is called castration.
