clitoris (redirected from Clitorus)

clitoris /clit·o·ris/ (klit´ah-ris) the small, elongated, erectile body in the female, situated at the anterior angle of the rima pudendi and homologous with the penis in the male.

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clit·o·ris (kltr-s, kltr-)

n. pl. cli·to·ri·des (kl-tôr-dz)

A small erectile body situated at the anterior portion of the vulva and projecting between the branched extremities of the labia minora forming its prepuce and frenulum.

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clitoris

the small, elongated, erectile body in the female; it occupies the clitoral fossa in the ventral commissure of the vulva where it is attached to the ischial arch by two crura. It is homologous with the penis in the male.

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enlarged clitoris

as seen in masculinized patients.