clitoris
noun
the erectile organ of the vulva, used exclusively for sexual arousal and stimulation: located inside of the vulva except for the protruding glans.
clitoral
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a word derived from
clitoris.
Example Sentences
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Kimberly Zieselman, executive director of interACT, said after 15 years of advocacy, they’ve begun last year to see some children’s hospitals committing to ending medically unnecessary clitoral and vaginal surgeries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2021
She said she was asked to learn clitoral restoration in 2007 by Clitoraid, an organization that helps provide the operation in various countries as part of a religion, the Raëlian Movement.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2019
“Their organization is controversial, but the goodness is there,” Dr. Bowers said about Clitoraid, which refers some patients to her California clinic, where she has a yearlong waiting list for clitoral restoration.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2019
Women, by contrast, begin to show male characteristics: decreased body fat, leaner muscle, facial hair, deeper voices, clitoral enlargement, male pattern baldness.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2011
Taken continuously in very large doses, steroids have caused clitoral enlargement in young girls and beard growth and baldness in women.
From Time Magazine Archive
