Circumcision involves:

A) removal of the glans of the penis.
B) removal of the prepuce of the penis.
C) removal of the corona of the glans of the penis.
D) enlarging the external urethral orifice.
E) surgically constructing a new external urethral orifice.


Ans: B

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