corpus cavernosum

/ ˌkævəˈnəʊsəm /

noun

1. either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpus cavernosum¹

New Latin, literally: cavernous body

Example Sentences

At length the corpus cavernosum urethr became soft, and in another day or two the whole subsided.

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The thick-walled urethra lies ventral to the curved corpus cavernosum.

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A thinner-walled blood-vessel lies dorsal to the corpus cavernosum.

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It has been called the corpus cavernosum nympharum, and is capable of considerable increase in size when distended with blood.

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