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
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
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 Thomson, Alexis
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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