penis
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The Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine protects against types of HPV that can cause cancers of the mouth, throat, vulva, vagina, penis and anus.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
She leads nutrition education at the Feed Real Institute, an online certificate program founded in 2015 by Balaram, who also runs a company that sells air-dried dog treats like bull penis and rabbit feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
That's because it is often detected only when the prostate is big enough to have impacted the urethra, the tube that connects the bladder to the penis.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
The prostate is shaped like a doughnut surrounding the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the penis.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
I had a penis, and therefore I had to figure out what being male meant.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
And every city of the Roman empire could testify to the truth of what he added: “Sed vobis maximum discrimen penes quos aurum et opes, præcipuæ bellorum causæ.”
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
Chronicle of England, penes John Clerk, esq. advocate.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
Charm on a ring, olim penes W. Hamper, F.A.S.
From Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 by Various
In a medley, contained in a curious and ancient MS. cantus, penes J.G.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
We really have no authority to which we can confidently appeal, except the usage of good society: "Quem penes arbitrium est, et jus et norma loquendi."
From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Snake penises - hemipenes - have been studied for decades.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
“Any kid can have any type of body,” the presentation states, adding that boys can have vulvas and girls can have penises.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
England's drug stores were stocked with bulls' penises, frogs' lungs, and powdered Egyptian mummy, which was evidently used against tuberculosis.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
At 28th Street, Scheen recounted the evolutionary tale of how male birds lost their penises, holding onto the metal subway pole for stability.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2021
Smith mentions a man who had two penises and two bladders, on one of which lithotomy was performed.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
