Category: C
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Clonic phase
The stage of violent contractions and jerking of limbs in a grand mal epileptic seizure.
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Chomiphene
A synthetic hormone which induces ovulation.
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Clocklike world
In research, a conception of causation as resulting from tightly coupled events, such as the meshing of a train of gears.
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Coaca
An opening at the posterior end of the body into which the intestinal, urinary, and reproductive ducts open.
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Clitoris
The small, erectile and highly sensitive structure located at the forward juncture of the vulva of the female external genitalia. The is highly sensitive to sexual stimulation, clitoral hood; clitoral glans; clitoral shaft. A small erectile female sex organ, situated at the anterior angle of the vulva, which can be excited by sexual activity. Small,…
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Clitoridectomy
Surgical removal of the clitoris. Removal of the clitoris. Clitoridectomy has been used for centuries in many countries, but is currently only used as part of ritual female circumcision in some African countries and in parts of Asia. Although clitoridectomy was used in some Western countries as a brutal and ineffective remedy for masturbation and…
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Clitoral shaft
The body of the clitoris.
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Clitoral orgasm
An orgasm resulting from stimulation of the clitoris. Freud viewed as an indication of sexual immaturity or a fixation in early psychosexual development.
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Clitoral hood
The skin that covers the clitoris: hooded clitoris.
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Clitoral glans
The tip of the clitoris.