SKENE'S GLANDS
\skˈiːnz ɡlˈandz], \skˈiːnz ɡlˈandz], \s_k_ˈiː_n_z ɡ_l_ˈa_n_d_z]\
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Two tubules found, one on each side of the floor of the urethra of the human female, which extend from the meatus urinarius upward from three-eighths to three-quarters of an inch, and open upon the free surface of the mucous membrane of the urethra, within the labia of the meatus urinarius.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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