nympha
noun
one of the inner labia of the vulva.
nymphae
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pluralof nympha.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Riolan in the early part of the seventeenth century reported a case of defective nymphae; Neubauer in 1774 offers a contrast to this case in an instance of triple nymphae.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Labat has found traces of circumcision and excision of nymphae in mummies.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
It was a tapir, then, which they had heard taking his regular nightly bath, and regaling himself on the roots of the flags and nymphae.
From The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon by Harrison Weir
The nymphae are sometimes enormously enlarged by hypertrophy, by varicocele, or by elephantiasis, of which latter type Rigal de Gaillac has observed a most curious case.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Resumed our journey down the river at 8.5 a.m., the general course being east; at 2.35 p.m. camped at a nymphae pool in one of the side channels of the river.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
