corpus cavernosum

English

Etymology

From Latin corpus (“body”) + cavernōsum (“full of hollows or cavities”).

Noun

corpus cavernosum (plural corpora cavernosa)

1. (anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.
   • 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 235:

     He felt the corpora cavernosa, commanded by nerve messages from his subconscious brain, fill up with blood, and the tunica albuginea membrane, the penis’s straitjacket, trap the blood inside.

Coordinate terms

• corpus spongiosum

Translations

body of erectile tissue

• Arabic: جِسْم كَهْفِيّ m (jism kahfiyy)
• Catalan: cos cavernós m
• Czech: topořivé těleso n
• Finnish: paisuvainen
• French: corps caverneux (fr) m
• German: Schwellkörper (de) m
• Hungarian: barlangos test
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şaneya repker f, tenê şikeftî

• Polish: ciało jamiste n
• Romanian: corp cavernos n
• Russian: пеще́ристое те́ло n (peščéristoje télo), каверно́зное те́ло n (kavernóznoje télo)
• Spanish: cuerpo cavernoso (es) m
• Swedish: svällkropp c