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'''Neuroma''' is a noun and the name of a "a tumor or new growth largely made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers."<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neuroma
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' occurs when the penile skin is severed during the [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], the nerves are also severed. The attempts by the nerves to regenerate form penile neuromas near the [[circumcision scar]].<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref>
Traumatic neuroma of the [[penis]] is very clearly a [[complication]] of [[circumcision]].Neuromas develop some years after the [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Holverson |first= |init=KR |author-link= |last2=Sasaki |first2= |init2=GT |author2-link= |last3=Wohltmann |first3= |init3=WE |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Traumatic neuroma of the penis |trans-title= |language= |journal= Dermatol Online J |date=2014-01-15 |volume=20 |issue=1 |article=21252 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85h7k79m |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=24456955 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.5070/D3201021252 |accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref>
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* [[Masturbation]]