Prē’pūçe, n.

n. [Fr. prépuce, Pr. prepuci, Sp. & Pg. prepucio, It. prepuzio, Lat. præputium, from præ, before, and Gr. πόσθιον, diminutive of πόσθη, the foreskin.] (Anat.) A prolongation of the skin of the penis, covering the glans; the foreskin.