Definition of "prepuce" [pre•puce]

• See foreskin. (noun)
• A loose fold of skin covering the glans clitoridis. (noun)

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• "-- In this figure the glans appears protruding through the upper surface of the prepuce, which is thickened and corrugated."
• "-- The fold of integument called the prepuce, which has been previously described, has upon its inner surface a large number of glands which produce a peculiar secretion."
• "The prepuce is the starting-point of many of the cases of penitis and retention of urine that often accompany attacks of gonorroea; especially can this result be anticipated where the prepuce is long, pendulous, and with its veins in a varicose condition."