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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
Nontechnical name: foreskin.the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
Other 51Թ Forms
- preputial adjective
- subpreputial adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prepuce1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prepuce1
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.
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.
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.
I was called to see Mr. D., at Old Point, who had been bitten by a small, black spider on the prepuce, whilst on the privy seat, at 12:30 o'clock.
A long prepuce, though one that was never tight or adherent, and only required a little attention to cleanliness to keep it from giving bother, was removed.
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