different between prepuce vs preputial

English

Alternative forms

• præpuce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praep?tium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin p?tos (“penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?pju?s/

Noun

prepuce (plural prepuces)

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

Synonyms

• foreskin
• preputium
• akroposthion
• (part of the clitoris): clitoral hood
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

Derived terms

• Holy Prepuce (Holy Foreskin)
• prepuceless
• preputial
• preputiotomy

Translations

See also

• circumcision

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• creep up

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeputium.

Noun

prepuce m (plural prepuces)

1. foreskin

Descendants

• French: prépuce

English

Alternative forms

• præputial (obsolete)

Adjective

preputial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
   • 2006, David Benatar, Cutting to the Core (page 36)

     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.

Derived terms

• subpreputial

Translations

References

• preputial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• uppertail