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lant(dictionary)

smegma (iou) and Lant (medicine)


smegma (iou)



smegma noun. E19.
[Latin from Greek smegma soap, from smekhein rub, cleanse.]
A sebaceous secretion, esp. that found under the foreskin.

Lant (medicine)


lant
<zoology> Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. Tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait.

Synonym: launce, and sand eel.

Origin: Cf. Lance.

Source: Websters Dictionary