smegma

American  

[smeg-muh] / ˈsmɛg mə /

noun

1. a thick, cheeselike, sebaceous secretion that collects beneath the foreskin or around the clitoris.

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smegma British  

/ ˈsmɛɡmə /

noun

1. physiol a whitish sebaceous secretion that accumulates beneath the prepuce

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Etymology

Origin of smegma

First recorded in 1810–20; from Latin, from Greek smêgma “unguent, soap, cleansing medicine”