smegma
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noun
- A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
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From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”).
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