clitoral
- a word derived from clitoris.
Example Sentences
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During dissections of cadavers, she noticed that clitoral nerves sometimes branch out into fine tendrils, like roots, in ways that might be relevant to surgeons but were not previously described in the literature.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022
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 is a co-author of a review of clitoral reconstruction studies that concluded more evidence of safety and efficacy was needed.
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
