LABIA MINORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does labia minora mean? 

• LABIA MINORA (noun)
  The noun LABIA MINORA has 1 sense:

1. the two inner folds of the vulva

  Familiarity information: LABIA MINORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABIA MINORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The two inner folds of the vulva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("labia minora" is a kind of...):

labium (a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva))

Holonyms ("labia minora" is a part of...):

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

 Context examples 

A malignant neoplasm that affects the labia minora.

(Malignant Labia Minora Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the labia minora.

(Labia Minora Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)