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Definition of smegma noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

smegma

noun
 
/ˈsmeɡmə/
 
/ˈsmeɡmə/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a substance produced in the folds of the skin, especially under the foreskin
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek smēgma ‘soap’, from smēkhein ‘cleanse’.
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