Glans vs. Prepuce — What's the Difference?

The glans (, plural "glandes" ; from the Latin word for "acorn") is a vascular structure located at the tip of the penis in male mammals or a homologous genital structure of the clitoris in female mammals.

Technical term for foreskin

The glans penis.

The fold of skin surrounding the clitoris.

The glans clitoridis.

See foreskin.

(anatomy) A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.

A loose fold of skin covering the glans clitoridis.

Ellipsis of glans penis

(anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.

Ellipsis of glans clitoridis

(anatomy) The clitoral hood.

The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

The foreskin.

(symptom) goiter.

A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris

(gynaecology) pessary.

A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

Goiter.

A small rounded gland-like structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris