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glans

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | 183 words | Copyright

glans (glans penis) (glanz) n. the acorn-shaped end part of the penis, formed by the expanded end of the corpus spongiosum. The term glans is also applied to the end of the clitoris.

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