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How to pronounce smegma in English?

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Type of sebum

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I was circumcised in infancy and I don't miss it at all, nor the attendant smegma.
From the guardian.co.uk
The fold of the prepuce maintains sub-preputial wetness, which mixes with exfoliated skin to form smegma.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Did you know that women also get smegma?
From the newscientist.com
It's going to have smegma on it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Accordingly, the smegma that collects under the foreskin was viewed as unhealthy, and circumcision readily accepted as good penile hygiene.
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Smegma is a white substance formed from a combination of dead cells, skin oils, moisture and naturally occurring bacteria, that forms in mammalian genitalia.
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  • A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin
  • Smegma (Greek smu0113gma, "soap") is a combination of shed skin cells, skin oils, and moisture. It occurs in both female and male mammalian genitalia.
  • Smegma is an American experimental noise group formed in Pasadena, California in 1973 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. Originally part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) movement of the 1970s, Smegma is one of the few music collectives of that era still active today. ...
  • A beneficial mixture of scales of sloughed epithelial skin cells mixed with sebum and transudated moisture from the inner foreskin. Smegma is known to have bacteriostatic, antiviral, and pheromonal properties. ...
  • The naturally occurring substance that collects beneath the foreskin of the penis and around the clitoris and labia. It is mainly composed of dead skin cells. Smegma is easily washed away while bathing. ...