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The Latin medical term for the adult penis was “membrum virile.” The “membrum” (the “part” or “limb”) of an adult man of reproductive age.

Or the “membrum puerile”—of a boy.

18th and 19th century physicians and anatomists used the term, and it is still in use today simply as “member.”

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