What does "smegma" mean?

A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.

What is a synonym for "smegma"?

Common synonyms include: cheese, cheese, cock cheese, dick cheese, knob cheese.

//ˈsmɛɡmə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva. countable, uncountable
"I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys."
2
a white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin wordnet

"Mary told Tom to wash the smegma off his penis the next time he wanted a blowjob."

From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).

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