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

The tightest binding, though, is the title word, which becomes, as they say, an umbrella term: referring to an anti-shell device in the trenches, a retracted foreskin revealing a prepuce, an intra-muscular syringe.

From The Guardian

The effects of long-continued mutilations are not inherited, but Darwin cites as a possible case the Mahommedans of Celebes, in whom the prepuce is very small.

From Project Gutenberg

On examination the prepuce was found to be completely absent.

From Project Gutenberg

When the case is slight, the inflammation is confined to the base of the member, just around that part where the lining membrane is reflected upon the inner surface of the prepuce.

From Project Gutenberg

So, too, it is all wrong to state that particular care should be taken to wash under the prepuce.

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