Meanings
- misconstructionMisconstruction of glans clitoridis.
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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.
2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Misconstruction of glans clitoridis (literally “glans of the clitoris”). The genitive of clitoris is clitoridis.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
glans clitoris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glans%20clitoris
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