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Vorhaut

foreskin, prepuce

noun FOR-haut Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Usage Note

Vorhaut is the standard German medical term for the prepuce. It appears in discussions of circumcision (Beschneidung), phimosis treatment, and hygiene education; the word is neutral in register and used in clinical and educational texts.

Examples

"Bei einer Phimose ist die Vorhaut zu eng und kann nicht zurückgezogen werden."

Natural Translation

In phimosis, the foreskin is too tight and cannot be retracted.

Literal Translation

At a phimosis is the foreskin too narrow and can not back-pulled be.

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