clitoris
nounHow many syllables in clitoris?
There are 3 syllables in the word clitoris.How to pronounce clitoris:
Definition of clitoris:
- clitoris (noun):
- a female sexual organ homologous to the penis.
- a female erogenous organ that consists of an externally visible, highly innervated small conical structure or glans that lies at the anterior junction of the labia minora above the urethral opening and is continuous internally with a short body of paired cylinders of vascular, erectile tissue which branch into curved extensions or crura attaching to the undersurface of the pubic bones and with two elongated masses of erectile tissue situated near each side of the vaginal and urethral openings
Synonyms for clitoris:
button
clit
erectile organ
foreskin
glans clitoridis
prepuce
vulva
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