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{{GraphicWarning}}[[File:External_urethral_opening.jpg|thumb|A photo of male urinary meatus viewed externally]]In the context of human male genitals, '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name of the termination and orifice of the [[urethra]] at the tip of the [[glans penis]], through which [[urine]] is discharged.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/meatus
|title=Meatus
|accessdate=2024-01-24
}}</ref>
The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. When a boy has been [[circumcised]] and has lost the protection of his foreskin, the meatus is more likely to develop meatitis,<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal
|last=Brennemann
|init=J
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
|author2-link=
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/
|title=The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child
|journal=Am J Dis Child
|date=1921
|volume=21
|issue=
|pages=38-47
|accessdate=2022-01-25
}}</ref> meatal ulceration,<ref name="freud1947">{{REFjournal
|last=Freud
|first=
|init=P
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=The ulcerated urethral meatus in male children.
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=J Pediatr
|date=1947-08
|volume=31
|issue=2
|pages=131-41
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/complications/freud1/
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=20256409
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(47)80098-8
|accessdate=2024-02-04
}}</ref> and/or meatal stenosis.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Upadhyay
|first=
|init=V
|author-link=
|last2=Hammodat
|first2=
|init2=HM
|author2-link=
|last3=Pease
|first3=
|init3=PW
|author3-link=
|etal=no
|title=Post circumcision meatal stenosis: 12 years' experience
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=N Z Med J
|location=
|date=1998-02-27
|volume=111
|issue=1060
|article=
|page=
|pages=57-8
|url=
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=9539919
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|doi=
|accessdate=2024-02-04
}}</ref><ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
|last=Van Howe
|init=RS
|author-link=Robert S. Van Howe
|title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting
|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila)
|date=2006-01
|volume=45
|issue=1
|pages=49-54
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6992015/Incidence_of_Meatal_Stenosis_following_Neonatal_Circumcision_in_a_Primary_Care_Setting
|quote=
|pubmedID=16429216
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2024-02-04
}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues.<ref name="vanhowe2006" />
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Meatal stenosis]]
* [[Penis]]
{{REF}}
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