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Smegma

Definition: Smegma

Smegma

Noun

1. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "smegma" was first used: 1819. (references)

Etymology: Smegma \Smeg"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression soap, from to wash off.]. (Websters 1913)

"Smegma" is a common misspelling or typo for: Magma, Mega, Sega, Selma, Stemma.


Specialty Definition: Smegma

DomainDefinition

Health

A foul-smelling accumulation of sebum and desquaminated epidermal cells, especially the cheesy substance found under the foreskin of the penis and at the base of the labia minor near the clitoris. (references)

Multilingual Slang

English (pecker cheese ). (references)

Slang

Pecker cheese, semen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Smegma

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Smegma, a transliteration of the Greek word for soap, is a combination of exfoliated (shed) epithelial cells and transudated skin oils and moisture that collects in the recesses of the body. Smegma is common to all mammals, male and female. Women usually have more smegma than men.

Smegma is the natural emollient which builds in crevices and folds of skin and mucosa of both males and females. It usually only builds to noticeable levels behind the ears, in the folds of the genitals, and between the toes. Infants are born covered by smegma from all of the dead skincells accumulated on their skin before birth. The color varies with the skin color of the individual being near white in light-skinned persons and darker in dark-skinned persons

Smegma is a healthful non-carcinogenic substance. Adult humans, both female and male, should rinse smegma away periodically.

Smegma may be washed away with warm water. Soap is best avoided because it depletes natural skin oils and may cause non-specific dermatitis. Men who have a non-retractile foreskin may flush out the preputial cavity with a bulb syringe. Women can do likewise around their external genitals. The mucosa of genitals of both men and women are sensitive, so it is important to use only water.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Smegma."

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Crosswords: Smegma

Specialty definitions using "smegma": pecker cheese . (references)

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Commercial Usage: Smegma

DomainTitle

Music

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Usage Frequency: Smegma

"Smegma" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Smegma" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Smegma

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

smegma

299

picture smegma

9

cheese dick smegma

7

female smegma

7

eating smegma

6

smegma video

4

equine smegma

4

horse smegma

4

penis smegma

3

clitoris smegma

3

girl smegma

3

foreskin smegma

2

pic smegma

2

clitoral smegma

2

definition smegma

2

smegma vaginal

2

smegma photo

2
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Modern Translation: Smegma

Language Translations for "smegma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

smegma. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

smegma. (various references)

   

French

  

smegma. (various references)

   

German

  

Smegma. (various references)

   

Italian

  

smegma. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

egmasmay

   

Portuguese

  

esmegma. (various references)

   

Thai

  

คราบอสุจิบริเว"อวัยวะเพศผู้หญิง. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Smegma

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

smegma. (various references)

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Derivations: Smegma

Derivations

Words beginning with "smegma": smegmas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Smegma"

Words rhyming with "smegma" (pronounced 'Smeg"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Smegma

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-m-m-s"

-1 letter: games, gemma, mages.

-2 letters: ages, gaes, game, gams, gems, maes, mage, mags, megs, mems, mesa, sage, same, seam.

-3 letters: age, ems, gae, gam, gas, gem, mae, mag, mas, meg, mem, sae, sag, sea, seg.

-4 letters: ae, ag, am, as, em, es, ma, me, mm.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-m-m-s"
 

+1 letter: gammers, grammes, smegmas.

 

+2 letters: gamesman, gamesmen, gamesome, gammiest, gemmates, rummages, tagmemes.

 

+3 letters: engrammes, gammoners, gamodemes, magnesium, magnetism, mismanage, rummagers, scrimmage, scrummage.

 

+4 letters: brummagems, commonages, gamesomely, gemmations, germaniums, homogamies, immigrates, magnesiums, magnetisms, mismanaged, mismanages, misogamies, monogamies, programmes, scrimmaged, scrimmager, scrimmages, scrummaged, scrummages, seismogram, stammering.

 

+5 letters: aerogrammes, agamospermy, amalgamates, hemangiomas, homemakings, magisterium, mammalogies, managements, megagametes, meningiomas, microimages, mimeographs, mismarriage, programmers, scrimmagers, seismograms, thermograms, wampumpeags.

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Alternative Orthography: Smegma


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6D 65 67 6D 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101101 01100101 01100111 01101101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#109 &#101 &#103 &#109 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006D 0065 0067 006D 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537971737967

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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