smegma

[smeg-muh] /ˈsmɛg mə/
noun
1.
a thick, cheeselike, sebaceous secretion that collects beneath the foreskin or around the clitoris.
Origin
1810-20; < Latin < Greek smêgma unguent, soap, cleansing medicine
British Dictionary definitions for smegma

smegma

/ˈsmɛɡmə/
noun
1.
(physiol) a whitish sebaceous secretion that accumulates beneath the prepuce
Word Origin
C19: via Latin from Greek smēgma detergent, from smekhein to wash
Word Origin and History for smegma
n.

sebaceous secretion, 1819, from Latin, from Greek smegma "a detergent, soap, unguent," from smekhein "to wipe off, wipe clean, cleanse," from PIE root *sme- "to smear" (cf. Czech smetana "cream," and cf. smear (v.)). So called from resemblance; a medical coinage, the word seems not to have been used in its literal Greek sense in English before this. Related: Smegmatic.

smegma in Medicine

smegma smeg·ma (směg'mə)
n.
A sebaceous secretion, especially the whitish cheesy secretion that collects under the prepuce of the penis or around the clitoris.

Slang definitions & phrases for smegma

smeg

noun

Something quite yukky or despicable, as the secretion beneath the male foreskin or around the female clitoris