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prepuce
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prepuce
1. the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
2. a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris

prepuce [′prēp·əs]
(anatomy)
The foreskin of the penis, a fold of skin covering the glans penis.
A similar fold over the glans clitoridis.


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To evaluate data on vaginal opening and preputial separation, we calculated a mean across the values obtained in one litter, so that these statistics were entirely litter based.
This was what they fingered and tickled, and it was the universality of the manoeuvre which led many doctors to the conclusion that the most efficient way to discourage masturbation in infancy and childhood was by removing the preputial tissue entirely, so that there would be less down there to play with.
 
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