Corpus cavernosum penis

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A corpus cavernosum penis (singular) (from Latin, characterised by cavities, or hollows, of the penis, pl.: corpora cavernosa penium) is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue, which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection in several species of mammals.

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