Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glans clitoris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: glan-s -cli-toris
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Misconstruction of glans clitoridis.

Example Sentences

"Only years later, on a sexual-medicine fellowship with Dr. Goldstein, did she learn how to examine the vulva and the visible part of the clitoris, also known as the glans clitoris. The full clitoris, she learned, is a deep structure, made up largely of erectile tissue, that reaches into the pelvis and encircles the vagina."

Etymology

Misconstruction of glans clitoridis (literally “glans of the clitoris”). The genitive of clitoris is clitoridis.

Questions

What does glans clitoris mean?: Misconstruction of glans clitoridis.
Where does glans clitoris come from?: Misconstruction of glans clitoridis (literally “glans of the clitoris”). The genitive of clitoris is clitoridis.

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