/ English Dictionary

PREPUCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

Synonyms:

foreskin; prepuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("prepuce" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Holonyms ("prepuce" is a part of...):

member; penis; phallus (the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris

Synonyms:

foreskin; prepuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("prepuce" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Holonyms ("prepuce" is a part of...):

button; clit; clitoris (a female sexual organ homologous to the penis)

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