labia
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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
In a few cases this adhesion appeared to me to be the cause of the dysuria, which disappeared after the separation of the labia from one another.”
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
They are associated usually with oedematous swelling of the labia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The lower part of the rectum depended between the labia; in the presence of the physician the nurse drew this out and it separated at the sphincter ani.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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