labia majora
labia majora noun: the two outer rounded folds of adipose tissue that lie on either side of the opening of the vagina.
Noun
labia majora pl (normally plural, singular labium majus)
- The two outer rounded folds of adipose tissue that lie on either side of the opening of the vagina.
- A new technology has enabled man to take gardening away from women and turn it into agriculture; the plow is the great phallus that separates the labia majora of the furrows of earth, and the plow is under the majesty of Enki.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 162
labia majora meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
labia majora in Hindi
- outer folds of vulva
- वृहत् भगोष्ठ vŕhat bhagoṣṭh
labia majora in Tamil
- பருதடுகள், பெரிய உதடு
labia majora in Marathi
- outer folds of vulva
- प्रथमद्वीदला prathmadvīdlā, प्रथमाजिवणी prathmājivṇī, बाह्यजिवणी bāhyajivṇī, बाह्यचीरी bāhyacīrī, बाह्यभेगा bāhyabhegā, बाह्यद्वीदला bāhyadvīdlā
labia majora in Bengali
- outer folds of vulva
- লেবিয়া মেজরা lebiẏa mejra, বহিস্থ যোনিওষ্ঠ bohistho jōniōśṭho, বৃহদোষ্ঠ brihodōśṭho
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- labia majora in Malayalam
- ഭഗോഷ്ഠം bhagōṣṭhaṁ
- labia majora in Tagalog
- labing panlabas
- labia majora in Persian
- لبهای بزرگ lab-hâ-ye bozorg
- labia majora in Vietnamese
- môi lớn
Forms of labia majora
| singular | labium majus |
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Origin of labia majora
From Latin (meaning “larger lips”).
Questions about labia majora
- What does labia majora mean?
- Labia majora means the two outer rounded folds of adipose tissue that lie on either side of the opening of the vagina.
- What is labia majora in Hindi?
- Labia majora in Hindi is वृहत् भगोष्ठ (vŕhat bhagoṣṭh). See Labia majora meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is labia majora?
- Labia majora is a noun.
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