CLITORIS

(Lat.), n. f. Kli2t(klet)'o2r-i2s. Gen., clit or'idns (-is). Gr., (tAe i Top is (from icAeiropi^eii', to titillate). Fr., c. Ger., Klitoris, Kitzler, weibliches Wollustorgan. weibliche Ruthe, Zapflein, Schamzunglein. It., clitoride. Sp., clitoris. A small erectile organ situated in the vulva, near its anterior commi ure; the analogue of the penis, which it resembles in being attached bjr crura to the ischia and in having a prepuce. In all animals the c. is imperforate, except in the Lemuridce. in which it is traversed by the urethra. The c. is present in some birds. [A, 22, 500; L, 13, 115, 343.] See cut under VULVA. [s. 315]