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The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. When a boy has been [[circumcised]], the meatus is more likely to develop meatitis, meatal ulceration, and/or meatal stenosis. [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues. | The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. When a boy has been [[circumcised]], the meatus is more likely to develop meatitis,<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Brennemann | |||
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|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 | |||
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|pages=38-47 | |||
|accessdate=2022-01-25 | |||
}}</ref> meatal ulceration, and/or meatal stenosis. [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues. | |||
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