Prepuce definition

prēpyo͝os
A loose fold of skin covering the glans clitoridis.
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A fold of skin over the end of the clitoris.
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A loose fold of skin covering the glans clitoridis.
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(anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the tip (glans) of the penis.

1922, Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more. "” James Joyce, Ulysses.

1985, But there are a fair number of halfway Jews - you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him. "” Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked.

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(anatomy) The corresponding part of the clitoris.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
prepuce
Plural:
prepuces

Origin of prepuce

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin praepūtium possibly prae- pre- pūtos penis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin praeputium.

    From Wiktionary

Prepuce Sentence Examples

  • The skin of the penis forms a fold which covers the glans and is known as the prepuce or foreskin; when this is drawn back a median fold, the frenuluni praeputii, is seen running to just below the meatus.

  • When in a state of repose it is retracted, by a muscle arising from the sacrum, within the prepuce, a cutaneous fold attached below the symphysis pubis.

  • After forming the prepuce the skin is reflected over the .glans and here looks like mucbus membrane.

  • The peculiar odour evolved by many rodents is due to the secretions of special glands, which may open into the prepuce, as in Mus, Microtus and Cricetus, or into the rectum, as in Arctomys and Thryonomys, or into the passage common to both, as in the beaver, or into pouches opening near the vent, as in hares, agoutis and jerboas.

  • While the scarred prepuce invariably responds best to formal cicumcision a more conservative approach is recommended in those symptomatic patients with non-retractile foreskins.

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