SMEGMA


Meaning of SMEGMA in English

/ ˈsmegmə; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( medical ) a substance produced in the folds of the skin, especially under the foreskin

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek smēgma soap, from smēkhein cleanse.

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