VULVA
\vˈʌlvə], \vˈʌlvə], \v_ˈʌ_l_v_ə]\
Definitions of VULVA
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By J.H. Kenneth
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vul'va, n. the orifice of the external organs of generation of the female.--adjs. VUL'VAR, VUL'VATE; VUL'VIFORM, oval.--ns. VULVIS'MUS, vaginismus; VULV[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the vulva.--adjs. VULVO-[=U]'TERINE, pertaining to the vulva and the uterus; VULVOVAG'INAL, pertaining to the vulva and the vagina.--n. VULVOVAGIN[=I]'TIS, inflammation of both the vulva and the vagina.
By Thomas Davidson
By Alexander Duane
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(anat.). Opening, orifice, esp. of female genitals. Hence vulvar, vulvate, vulviform, aa., vulvitis n., vulvo- comb. form. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland