A historical or obsolete medical term referring to an enlargement or abnormal growth of the clitoris.
From clitoris + Greek auxe meaning 'growth' or 'increase.' This rare compound was used in older medical literature, particularly in 19th-century anatomical texts.
Medical language has changed dramatically—older doctors used terms like this that sound strange today, but they were trying to precisely describe conditions with the scientific vocabulary available to them.
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