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prepuce
[ pree-pyoos ]
noun
- the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- a similar covering of the clitoris.
prepuce
/ ˈpriːpjuːs; priːˈpjuːʃəl /
noun
- the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis Nontechnical nameforeskin
- a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
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Derived Forms
- preputial, adjective
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Other Words From
- pre·pu·tial [pri-, pyoo, -sh, uh, l], adjective
- subpre·putial adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prepuce1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prepuce1
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Example Sentences
The practice of parading the prepuce once a year continued until it disappeared in 1983.
Or, like the assumed culprit in the 1983 theft of the holy prepuce, is the Vatican itself involved?
At least a dozen towns (most of them in France) claimed to have the prized prepuce.
How effectually is that reproach removed by abstracting a small portion of the prepuce?
Infibulation was practiced in two ways,—by a ring through the prepuce or by a bandage around it.
Paul says in cases of sloughing of the prepuce we must cut it off, and if there be haemorrhage we must use lunated cauteries ( ).
This operation (mahele) consisted in slitting the prepuce by means of a bamboo.
It is most marked in chancres situated in the furrow between the glans and the prepuce.
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