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Webster 1913 Edition

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(klī′tō̍-rĭs or klĭt′ō̍-rĭs)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

κλειτορίς

, fr.

κλείειν

to shut up. It is concealed by the

labia pudendi

(Anat.)

A small organ at the upper part of the vulva in females, homologous to the penis in the male.