GENITAL ORGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genital organ mean? 

• GENITAL ORGAN (noun)
  The noun GENITAL ORGAN has 1 sense:

1. external sex organ

  Familiarity information: GENITAL ORGAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENITAL ORGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

External sex organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

crotch; genital organ; genitalia; genitals; private parts; privates

Hypernyms ("genital organ" is a kind of...):

reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genital organ"):

pudendum (human external genital organs collectively especially of a female)

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)

 Context examples 

A nevus that arises from the female genital organs.

(Nevus of Female Genitalia, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common sites of involvement are the extremities (distal-type epithelioid sarcoma), and less frequently the pelvis, perineum, and genital organs (proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma).

(Epithelioid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)