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Webster 1913 Edition


Preputial

Pre-pu′tial

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Adj.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the prepuce.

Definition 2024


preputial

preputial

See also: préputial and prepuțial

English

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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

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References

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