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Gräfenberg spot

American  
[graf-uhn-burg, gref-] / ˈgræf ənˌbɜrg, ˈgrɛf- /

noun

  1. a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.

Etymology

Origin of Gräfenberg spot

1980–85; after German-born gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957), who is credited with first descibing it

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