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corpora cavernosa

corpora cavernosa is the plural of corpus cavernosum.

Meaning of corpus cavernosum

Noun

corpus cavernosum (plural corpora cavernosa)

  1. One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.
    • He felt the corpora cavernosa, commanded by nerve messages from his subconscious brain, fill up with blood, and the tunica albuginea membrane, the penis’s straitjacket, trap the blood inside.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 235

Questions about corpora cavernosa

What is corpora cavernosa the plural of?
Corpora cavernosa is the plural of corpus cavernosum.

Words near corpora cavernosa in the dictionary

  1. corpophagy
  2. corpora
  3. corpora allata
  4. corpora arenacea
  5. corpora callosa
  6. corpora cavernosa
  7. corpora delicti
  8. corpora juris
  9. corpora lutea
  10. corpora spongiosa
  11. corpora striata

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