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clitoris
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clitoris
a part of the female genitalia consisting of a small elongated highly sensitive erectile organ at the front of the vulva: homologous with the penis

clitoris [′klid·ə·rəs]
(anatomy)
The homolog of the penis in females, located in the anterior portion of the vulva.


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Vivienne Cass, an adjunct professor at Curtin University of Technology in Perth and author of The Elusive Orgasm, also questioned the motivations of research that accorded vaginal orgasms greater significance over clitoral ones.
The procedure is more complicated than its male-to-female analogue, due to the difficulty of building a functioning penis from the clitoral tissue.
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