English Explanatory Dictionary

corpus cavernosum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.

Word forms

corpus cavernosum corpora cavernosa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin corpus cavernōsum (“body full of hollows or cavities”).

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