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smeg⋅ma

[smeg-muh]
–noun
a thick, cheeselike, sebaceous secretion that collects beneath the foreskin or around the clitoris.

Origin:
1810–20; < L < Gk smêgma unguent, soap, cleansing medicine
smeg·ma   (směg'mə)   
n.  A sebaceous secretion, especially the cheesy secretion that collects under the prepuce or around the clitoris.

[Latin smēgma, detergent, from Greek, from smēkhein, to wash off.]

Smegma

Smeg"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???? soap, fr. ????? to wash off.] (Physiol.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands. Specifically: (a) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants. (b) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.

smegma 
1819, from L., from Gk. smegma "a detergent," from smekhein "to wipe off, wipe clean, cleanse," from PIE base *(s)mei- "to rub" (cf. Czech smetana "cream").

Main Entry: smeg·ma
Pronunciation: 'smeg-m&
Function: noun
: the secretion of a sebaceous gland; specifically : the cheesysebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around the clitoris and labia minora

smegma smeg·ma (směg'mə)
n.
A sebaceous secretion, especially the whitish cheesy secretion that collects under the prepuce of the penis or around the clitoris.

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