Meaning

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

    Schwellkörper

    пеще́ристое те́лоpeščéristoje télo, каверно́зное те́лоkavernóznoje télo

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: corpora cavernosa
Singularcorpus cavernosum
Pluralcorpora cavernosa

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See also

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corpus cavernosum — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto