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preputial

preputial adjective: of or pertaining to the prepuce.

Adjective

preputial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
    • If removing the preputial tissue curbs sexuality of both sexes and if, on the basis of curbing female sexuality, the removal of the female prepuce is misogynistic, then the removal of the male foreskin should be viewed as misandristic.2006, David Benatar, Cutting to the Core, page 36

Forms of preputial

alternative form (obsolete)præputial

Origin of preputial

From preput(ium) + -ial.

Words formed from preputial

Questions about preputial

What does preputial mean?
Preputial means of or pertaining to the prepuce.
What part of speech is preputial?
Preputial is an adjective.

Words near preputial in the dictionary

  1. prepurchasing
  2. prepurification
  3. prepurified
  4. prepurposed
  5. preputia
  6. preputial
  7. preputioplasties
  8. preputioplasty
  9. preputiotomy
  10. preputium
  11. prepycnotic

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