male genital organ
- noun
:
órgano genital masculino
- He felt embarrassed when he noticed a rash on his male genital organ.
Examples
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In anatomy class, we learned about the functions of the male genital organ.
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Trauma to the male genital organs, such as torsion or surgery.
Academic text (2015) -
The doctor examined the male genital organ for any signs of injury.
Synonyms
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3.7
Parts outside the body used for sex and having babies
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3.0
The parts of the body used for sex and peeing
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5.8
Parts on the outside of a man's body that are used to have children
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3.5
The outside sexual parts of a male, like the penis and scrotum
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3.7
An outside sex organ on a person or animal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'male' (of the male sex), 'genital' (related to reproductive organs), and 'organ' (a body part) can readily derive that this refers to a reproductive body part of a male (e.g., penis/scrotum). This construction follows regular noun-modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so its meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Male genital organ is a plain, formal name made from male (meaning 'man') and genital (related to birth or making children). So it literally shows the body parts a man uses to make children, which is why it means 'the external reproductive organ of a male'.