— clitoral, clitoric /kli tawr"ik, -tor"-, kluy-/ , clitoridean /klit'euh rid"ee euhn, kluy'teuh-/ , adj.
/klit"euhr is, kluy"teuhr-, kli tawr"is, -tohr"-/ , n. Anat.
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
[ 1605-15; kleitorís, akin to kleíein to shut ]