neoglans

English

Etymology

neo- +‎ glans

Noun

neoglans

1. (surgery) A surgically constructed glans penis.
   • 2010, M. Arya, Viva Practice for the FRCS(Urol) Examination, Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 72:

     Tumours of the glans penis can be managed by performing a glansectomy and reconstruction of a neoglans using a split skin graft.

2. (surgery) A surgically constructed clitoral glans.
   • 2015, Franco Anglana, Pietro Lippa, Serena Ronca, Ariadna Cassaude, Atlas of Vulvar dermatosis and dermatitis, CIC Edizioni Internazionali, →ISBN, page 400:

     The healthy cavernosum tissue of the future neoglans is then exposed.

   • 2017, L. Catania et al., Female Genital Mutilations, collected in Good Practice in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, ed. Anna Maria Fulghesu, Springer (→ISBN), page 188:

     Clitoral reconstruction is a relatively new surgical technique which implies the resectioning of the scar covering the clitoral stump, sectioning the suspensory ligament, removing the fibrosis surrounding the mobilized stump, and repositioning it as a neoglans.

Anagrams

• Langones, nanogels