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labium
(redirected from Labia majora et minora pudendi)

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labium /la·bi·um/ (la´be-um) pl. la´bia   [L.]
1. lip.
2. a fleshy border or edge; a liplike structure.
3. in the plural, often used to denote the labia majora and minora pudendi. la´bial

la´bia majo´ra puden´di  elongated folds running downward and backward from the mons pubis in the female, one on either side of the rima pudendi.
la´bia mino´ra puden´di  small skin folds, one on each side, running backward from the clitoris between the labia majora and the vaginal opening.
la´bia o´ris  the lips of the mouth.

la·bi·um (lb-m)
n. pl la·bi·a (-b-)
1. A lip or lip-shaped anatomical structure.
2. Any of four folds of tissue of the female external genitalia.

labium
pl. labia [L.] a fleshy border or edge; a lip.

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