pénien

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French

Etymology

From pénis +‎ -ien.

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Adjective

pénien (feminine pénienne, masculine plural péniens, feminine plural péniennes)

  1. penile
    • 1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:
      Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d’autres opérations.
      L’urétroplastie à lambeaux péniens, d’après la méthode de Duplay, fut longtemps le procédé classique.
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