prepuce

American  

[pree-pyoos] / ˈpri pyus /

noun

Anatomy.

1. the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.

2. a similar covering of the clitoris.

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prepuce British  

/ ˈpriːpjuːs, priːˈpjuːʃəl /

noun

1. Nontechnical name: foreskin.  the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

2. a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris

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Other Word Forms

• preputial adjective
• subpreputial adjective

Etymology

Origin of prepuce

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin praepūtium

Example Sentences

A surgical procedure called circumcision, often performed for religious or social reasons, removes the prepuce, typically within days of birth.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

However, in the September issue of Pediatrics, the AAP rediscovered its disenchantment with the prepuce.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2013

The normal prepuce of the adolescent male should be free from the glans and should be sufficiently loose easily to retract back of the glans, a position it is likely to take in erection.

From The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Hall, Winfield Scott

It is quite conceivable that early observation led him to regard the prepuce as a hindrance.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

The nature of the disease, in either the prepuce or the glans, is masked by a phimosis....

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles