labium
Americannoun
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labia
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a lip or liplike part.
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Anatomy.
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a lip or lip-shaped structure or part.
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any of the folds of skin bordering the vulva.
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Botany. the lower lip of a bilabiate corolla.
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Entomology. the posterior, unpaired member of the mouthparts of an insect, formed by the united second maxillae.
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a lip or liplike structure
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any one of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva See labia majora labia minora
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the fused pair of appendages forming the lower lip of insects
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the lower lip of the corolla of labiate flowers
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labia
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Origin of labium
1590–1600; < Latin: lip, akin to lambere to lick, lap 3. See labrum 1, lip
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A median process, known as the hypopharynx or tongue, arises from the floor of the mouth in front of the labium, and becomes most variously developed or specialized in different insects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The piercing proboscis consists of three long needle-like organs, the epipharynx and mandibles, and a lower lip or labium.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Rennie Wilbur Doane
Hypopharynx: a sensitive and sensory structure on the upper surface of labium that serves as an organ of taste, or true tongue.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
The number is significant, since it agrees with that found in Edriophthalmous Crustacea, and assigns the labium of the Hexapod to the same somite numerically as that which carries the labium-like maxillipedes of those Crustacea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Last month, leading Dutch dictionary Dikke van Dale said it would include a new term for the labia, "vulvalippen" - in its upcoming online addition - alongside the traditional term "schaamlippen".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The round ligament attaches to the uterus near the uterine tubes, and extends to the labia majora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The growths, called vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, or VIN, form on the external parts of the genital area, or vulva, including the labia and clitoris.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2011
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 Peter Charles Remondino
In the female, the cauliflower-like masses are dissected from the labia; in the male, the prepuce is removed and the warts on the glans are snipped off with scissors.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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