Noun: smegma
| Singular | smegma |
| Plural | smegmata; smegmas |
Sample Sentences
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I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys. [1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30:]
Nouns inflected like smegma
schema,
smegma,
hyperschema,
mycoderma,
zeugma,
nomisma,
ancylostoma,
epirrhema,
antisigma,
toxoplasma,
sterigma,
necrogranuloma,
cathisma,
lymphoma,
derma,
syntagma,
stoma,
eczema,
conidioma,
bregma, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
σμῆγμα'.
Verbs referencing "smegma"
Finnish Nouns
smegma.