corpus cavernosum


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corpus cavernosum /ˌkavəˈnəʊsəm/
noun (pl. corpora cavernosa /-sə/) Anatomy either of two masses of erectile tissue forming the bulk of the penis and the clitoris.
– origin from corpus and L. cavernosum, neut. of cavernosus ‘containing hollows’.
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