A foul-smelling, pasty accumulation of desquamated epidermal cells and sebum that has collected in moist areas of the genitalia. [G. unguent]
- s. clitoridis the secretion of the apocrine glands of the clitoris, in combination with desquamating epithelial cells.
- s. preputii whitish secretion that collects under the prepuce of the foreskin of the penis or of the clitoris; it is comprised chiefly of desquamating epithelial cells.
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smeg·ma 'smeg-mə n the secretion of a sebaceous gland specif the cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around the clitoris and labia minora
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n.
the secretion of the glands of the foreskin (prepuce), which accumulates under the foreskin and has a white cheesy appearance. It becomes readily infested by a harmless bacterium that resembles the tubercle bacillus.
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smeg·ma (smegґmə) [Gr. smēgma soap] a type of secretion of sebaceous glands, found chiefly beneath the prepuce; it consists principally of desquamated epithelial cells and sometimes has a cheesy consistency. smegmatic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.