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praepuce

praepuce is the alternative form of prepuce.

Meaning of prepuce

Noun

prepuce (plural prepuces)

  1. The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
    • Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    Synonyms:
    penile foreskin
  2. The clitoral hood.

Forms of praepuce

pluralpraepuces

Questions about praepuce

What is praepuce the alternative form of?
Praepuce is the alternative form of prepuce.

Words near praepuce in the dictionary

  1. praepostors
  2. praeprandial
  3. praeprandials
  4. praepubes
  5. praepubis
  6. praepuce
  7. praepuces
  8. praepunctis
  9. praeputia clitoridis
  10. praeputia penis
  11. praeputio-

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