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corpus cavernosum

noun

Etymology

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

  1. learned borrowing from corpus cavernōsum

Definitions

  1. One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the…

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

    • He felt the corpora cavernosa, commanded by nerve messages from his subconscious brain, fill up with blood, and the tunica albuginea membrane, the penis’s straitjacket, trap the blood inside.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for corpus cavernosum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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