Example Sentences

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It also helps surgeons to spare crucial nerves during pelvic surgery, improve gender-affirmation procedures and repair the clitorises of women who have undergone female genital mutilation.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2020

Sometimes I’ll say things like, “Yes dear, some people have clitorises and other people have penises, like Daddy.”

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2018

For instance, female spotted hyenas have enlarged clitorises called pseudo-phalluses—which look just like penises but are actually larger.

From National Geographic • Apr. 18, 2016

Women with a disorder called congenital adrenal hyperplasia can have ambiguous genitalia, including enlarged clitorises that may look like small penises.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2012