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Taking the 'shame part' out of female anatomy

By Rachel E. Gross
New York Times·
12 mins to read
Taking the 'shame part' out of female anatomy
Taking the 'shame part' out of female anatomy

Anatomists have bid farewell to "pudendum," but other questionable terms remain.

Allison Draper loved anatomy class. As a first-year medical student at the University of Miami, she found the language clear, precise, functional. She could look up the Latin term for almost any body part and get an idea of

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