labia minora

American  

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

plural noun

Anatomy.

labium minus singular

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

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labia minora

It is difficult to speak very decisively as to the function of the labia minora.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock

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 History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles