genital tubercle

genital tubercle
genital tubercle n a conical protuberance on the belly wall of an embryo between the attachment of the umbilical cord and the tail that develops into the penis in the male and the clitoris in the female

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an eminence ventral to the cloaca in the early embryo, which is the primordium of the penis or the clitoris.

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