| prepubescent | <paediatrics> Immediately prior to the commencement of puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| prepubic | <anatomy> Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prepubis | <anatomy> A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones. See: pubis (05 Mar 1998) |
| prepuce | <anatomy> A covering fold of skin, often used alone to designate the preputium penis. (31 Dec 1997) |
| prepuce of clitoris | <anatomy> The external fold of the labia minora, forming a cap over the clitoris. Synonym: preputium clitoridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputial | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the prepuce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| preputial calculus | A calculus occurring beneath the foreskin. Synonym: postholith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputial glands | Sebaceous glands of the corona glandis and inner surface of the prepuce, which produce an odiferous substance called smegma. Synonym: glandulae preputiales, Tyson's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputial sac | The space between the prepuce and the glans penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputiotomy | Incision of prepuce. Origin: preputium + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputium | Synonym: prepuce. Origin: L. Praeputium (05 Mar 2000) |
| preputium clitoridis | <anatomy> The external fold of the labia minora, forming a cap over the clitoris. Synonym: preputium clitoridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepyloric | Anterior to or preceding the pylorus; denoting a temporary constriction of the wall of the stomach separating the fundus from the antrum during digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepyloric sphincter | A band of circular muscular fibres in the wall of the stomach near the gastroduodenal pylorus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepyloric vein | <anatomy, vein> A tributary of the right gastric vein that passes anterior to the pylorus at its junction with the duodenum. Synonym: vena prepylorica, Latarget's vein, Mayo's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |