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smeg⋅ma

  [smeg-muh]
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–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
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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