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a thick, cheeselike, sebaceous secretion that collects beneath the foreskin or around the clitoris.
Origin:
1810–20; < Latin < Greek smêgma unguent, soap, cleansing medicine
1810–20; < Latin < Greek smêgma unguent, soap, cleansing medicine
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Word Origin & History
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").
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Medical Dictionary
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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