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prepuce

[ pree-pyoos ]

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
  2. a similar covering of the clitoris.


prepuce

/ ˈpriːpjuːs; priːˈpjuːʃəl /

noun

  1. the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis Nontechnical nameforeskin
  2. a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • preputial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pre·pu·tial [pri-, pyoo, -sh, uh, l], adjective
  • subpre·putial adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prepuce1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin praepūtium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prepuce1

C14: from Latin praepūtium
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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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