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neoglans

neoglans noun: a surgically constructed glans penis.

Noun

neoglans

  1. A surgically constructed glans penis.
    • Tumours of the glans penis can be managed by performing a glansectomy and reconstruction of a neoglans using a split skin graft.2010, M. Arya, Viva Practice for the FRCS(Urol) Examination, Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 72
  2. A surgically constructed clitoral glans.
    • The healthy cavernosum tissue of the future neoglans is then exposed.2015, Franco Anglana, Pietro Lippa, Serena Ronca, Ariadna Cassaude, Atlas of Vulvar dermatosis and dermatitis, CIC Edizioni Internazionali, →ISBN, page 400
    • Clitoral reconstruction is a relatively new surgical technique which implies the resectioning of the scar covering the clitoral stump, sectioning the suspensory ligament, removing the fibrosis surrounding the mobilized stump, and repositioning it as a neoglans.2017, L. Catania et al., Female Genital Mutilations, collected in Good Practice in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, ed. Anna Maria Fulghesu, Springer, page 188

Origin of neoglans

From neo- + glans.

Questions about neoglans

What does neoglans mean?
Neoglans means a surgically constructed glans penis.
What part of speech is neoglans?
Neoglans is a noun.

Words near neoglans in the dictionary

  1. neogeography
  2. neogitostin
  3. neoglacial
  4. neoglaciation
  5. neoglaciations
  6. neoglans
  7. neoglucobrassicin
  8. neoglucodigifucoside
  9. neoglucoerysimoside
  10. neoglucogenesis
  11. neoglucogenic

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