smegma/ˈsmɛɡmə/EtymologyFrom Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”).smegma means A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounA whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.“I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys.”