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別の表記

• præpuce (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːpjuːs/

名詞

prepuce (plural prepuces)

1. (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.

   Synonym: penile foreskin

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him.

2. (anatomy) The clitoral hood.

   Synonyms: clitoral hood, clitoral foreskin

同意語

• foreskin
• preputium
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

派生語

参考

• akroposthion
• circumcision

Further reading

• Prepuce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clitoral hood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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