Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The two thin inner folds of skin within the vestibule of the vagina enclosed within the cleft of the labia majora; nymphae.
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- noun anatomy The two
inner folds ofskin within thecleft of thelabia majora .
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- noun the two inner folds of the vulva
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The two inner folds of skin, called the labia minora, are much thinner.
Chapter 5 1995
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Area between sides of labia minora, contains urethra and vagina
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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= The clitoris is a small body about an inch in length, situated beneath the mons Veneris and partly or entirely covered by the upper borders of the labia minora.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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= The vulva and the clitoris have no special functions to perform; but in them, in the clitoris particularly, but also in the labia minora, resides the feeling of voluptuousness, the pleasurable sensation experienced during the sexual act.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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Within the labia majora are two smaller folds called the labia minora.
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It is situated beneath the anterior labial commissure, partially hidden between the anterior ends of the labia minora.
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Fat is entirely absent in the subcutaneous tissue of the eyelids, of the penis and scrotum, and of the labia minora.
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I believe, however, that this voluptuous acme is, at any rate in children, much less common than the equable voluptuous sensation which can be aroused by all kinds of manipulations and stimulations of the peripheral genital organs, and more especially of the glans, the penis, the clitoris, and the labia minora.
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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Negro, penis in labia majora in clitoris in labia minora in method of sexual congress among
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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It is difficult to speak very decisively as to the function of the labia minora.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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