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==Protective functions== | ==Protective functions== | ||
The foreskin provides physical protection. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | The foreskin provides physical protection to the glans penis and inner mucosa. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | ||
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|DOI=10.2298/MPNS1208295D | |DOI=10.2298/MPNS1208295D | ||
|accessdate=2019-10-14 | |accessdate=2019-10-14 | ||
}}</ref> In the absence of the foreskin about ten to twenty percent of boys suffer urethral stricture (meatal stenosis) requiring further treatment.<ref name="frisch2016">{{REFjournal | }}</ref> | ||
In the absence of the foreskin about ten to twenty percent of boys suffer urethral stricture (meatal stenosis) requiring further treatment.<ref name="frisch2016">{{REFjournal | |||
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