corpus spongiosum
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corpus spongiosum
(ˌspʌndʒɪˈəʊsəm)n
(Anatomy) a mass of tissue that, with the corpora cavernosa, forms the erectile tissue of the penis of mammals
[New Latin, literally: spongy body]
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