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

Derived Forms

• preputial, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prepuce¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prepuce¹

C14: from Latin praepūtium

Example Sentences

The practice of parading the prepuce once a year continued until it disappeared in 1983.

From The Daily Beast

Or, like the assumed culprit in the 1983 theft of the holy prepuce, is the Vatican itself involved?

From The Daily Beast

At least a dozen towns (most of them in France) claimed to have the prized prepuce.

From The Daily Beast

How effectually is that reproach removed by abstracting a small portion of the prepuce?

From Project Gutenberg

Infibulation was practiced in two ways,—by a ring through the prepuce or by a bandage around it.

From Project Gutenberg

Paul says in cases of sloughing of the prepuce we must cut it off, and if there be haemorrhage we must use lunated cauteries ( ).

From Project Gutenberg

This operation (mahele) consisted in slitting the prepuce by means of a bamboo.

From Project Gutenberg

It is most marked in chancres situated in the furrow between the glans and the prepuce.

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