CLITORIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clitoris mean? 

• CLITORIS (noun)
  The noun CLITORIS has 1 sense:

1. a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

  Familiarity information: CLITORIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLITORIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female sexual organ homologous to the penis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

button; clit; clitoris

Hypernyms ("clitoris" is a kind of...):

erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "clitoris"):

glans clitoridis (small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris)

foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris)

Holonyms ("clitoris" is a part of...):

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

Derivation:

clitoral; clitoric (of or relating to the clitoris)

 Context examples 

A malignant neoplasm that affects the clitoris.

(Malignant Clitoral Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The clitoris may not be removed.

(Modified radical vulvectomy, NCI Dictionary)

The external structure of the clitoris covered by the clitoral hood.

(Glans Clitoris, NCI Thesaurus)

A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris.

(Female Prepuce, NCI Thesaurus)

A female reproductive gland located on the side of the clitoris.

(Clitoral Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of the corpora cavernosa and the glans clitoris.

(Clitoris, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the clitoris.

(Clitoral Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)