labia minora

American  

[ley-bee-uh mi-nawr-uh, -nohr-uh] / ˈleɪ bi ə mɪˈnɔr ə, -ˈnoʊr ə /

plural noun

Anatomy.

singular

labium minus

1. the inner folds of skin of the external female genitalia.

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labia minora British  

/ mɪˈnɔːrə /

plural noun

1. the two small inner folds of skin in human females forming the margins of the vaginal orifice

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Etymology

Origin of labia minora

1830–40; < New Latin: lesser lips

Example Sentences

More surprising perhaps, was the 49% increase last year in labiaplasty, a procedure to reduce the size of or repair the labia minora, the inner labia of female genitalia.

From Time

With one hand, I steadied the ruler against my body; with the other, I stretched out one of my labia minora and lined it up with a notch on the ruler.

From Salon

Labiaplasty is an increasingly popular cosmetic surgery to reduce the size of a woman's labia minora and make them more symmetrical so they don't protrude beyond the labia majora.

From Reuters

Within these are two much smaller folds, the labia minora or nymphæ.

From Project Gutenberg

This is also true of the occasional adhesion of the labia minora in little girls, like the similar adhesion of the foreskin in boys.

From Project Gutenberg