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neoglans en · NOUN

Etymology

From neo- + glans.

Meanings

  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