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Meatitis occurs in circumcised male infants because of the loss of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| natural protection]] provided by the [[foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
Meatitis occurs in [[circumcised]] male infants because of the loss of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| natural protection]] provided by the [[foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Ammonia forms in diapers (nappies) after the urine is exposed to air. Circumcised infant boys are kept in ammoniacal diapers for many long hours, so the exposed meatus suffers and becomes inflamed from the action of the ammonia.<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal
}}</ref> Ammonia forms in diapers (nappies) after the urine is exposed to air. [[Circumcised]] infant boys are kept in ammoniacal diapers for many long hours, so the exposed [[meatus]] suffers and becomes inflamed from the action of the ammonia.<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal
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Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of circumcision from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal
Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of [[circumcision]] from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal
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