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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
|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, and/or meatal stenosis. [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues.


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