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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
|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(47)80098-8
|accessdate=2024-02-04
}}</ref> and/or meatal stenosis. <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=https://doi.org/10.1177/000992280604500108 |DOI= |date=2006-01 |accessdate=2020-01-09 |note=Jan-Feb 2006}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues.
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