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prepuce

n.
US //ˈpɹɛpˌjus// UK //pɹɪpjˈuːs// pre·puce
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Origin

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

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