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.
clitoris
clitoris [klit´o-ris]
clit·o·ris (kl t  r-s, kl tr-)n. pl. cli·to·ri·des (kl -tôr-d z ) 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. |
clitoris
[klit′əris]
Etymology: Gk, kleitoris
the vaginal erectile structure of the female homologous to the corpora cavernosa of the penis. It consists of two corpora cavernosa within a dense layer of fibrous membrane, joined along their inner surfaces by an incomplete fibrous septum. It is situated beneath the anterior labia commissure, partially hidden between the anterior extremities of the labia minora and partly covered by a prepuce. clitoral, adj.
Clitoris
A small, hooded mass of erectile tissue homologous to the penis, located at the anterior commissure of the labia majora of the vestibule; it is bound by dense fibrous tissue which forms the corpus clitoridis, and held in place by a suspensory ligament
clitoris [klit´o-ris]
the small, elongated, erectile body in the female, situated at the anterior angle of the rima pudendi. See also vulva.
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.
enlarged clitoris
as seen in masculinized patients.
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