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- noun Plural form of
clitoris .
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Examples
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My favourite plurals are irides - for iris - and clitorides, similarly formed lexically if not anatomically.
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The solution of this peculiar ardor is found in the fact that some of the females had enlarged clitorides, strong voices, robust figures, and imitated men.
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Among the older authorities quoting instances of enlarged clitorides are Bartholinus, Schenck, Hellwig, Rhodius, Riolanus, and Zacchias.
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Haller alludes to several cases in which prolonged clitorides have been the cause of the anomaly.
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Aetius and Paulus Aegineta speak of females in Egypt with prolonged clitorides which made them appear like hermaphrodites.
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Bertherand 6.394 cites examples of enlarged clitorides in Arab women; Bruce testifies to this circumstance in Abyssinia, and Mungo Park has observed it in the Mandingos and the Ibbos.
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Haller alludes to several cases in which prolonged clitorides have been the cause of the anomaly.
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A corresponding development of the preputian clitorides, attaining the length of 18 mm. or even more, has been observed among the females of Bechuanaland.
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Aetius and Paulus ægineta speak of females in Egypt with prolonged clitorides which made them appear like hermaphrodites.
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Bertherand cites examples of enlarged clitorides in Arab women; Bruce testifies to this circumstance in Abyssinia, and Mungo Park has observed it in the Mandingos and the
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