genitalia
Americanplural noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of genitalia
1875–80; < Latin genitālia, neuter plural of genitālis genital
Example Sentences
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Researchers provided the first detailed description and illustrations of the female internal genitalia of Pikelinia fasciata, a species first identified in 1902.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
These criticisms often miss the fact that the hat was never supposed to represent human genitalia in the first place—it was supposed to look like a cat.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026
Some are assigned female or male at birth depending on their external genitalia.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
“Ahead of Stormy Daniels’s testimony today in former President Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, one of the prosecutors told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels will not describe Trump’s genitalia because it would violate the gag order.”
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
When babies with ambiguous genitalia were born at the hospital, Dr. Luce was called in to discuss the matter with the bewildered parents.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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