Inflected forms: pl. phal·li ( fl) or phal·lus·es 1.Anatomya. The penis. b. The sexually undifferentiated tissue in an embryo that becomes the penis or clitoris. 2. A representation of the penis and testes as an embodiment of generative power. 3. The immature penis considered in psychoanalysis as the libidinal object of infantile sexuality in the male.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin, from Greek phallos. See bhel-2 in Appendix I.
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