LABIA MAJORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does labia majora mean? 

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

1. the two outer folds of the vulva

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABIA MAJORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The two outer folds of the vulva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("labia majora" 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 majora" is a part of...):

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

 Context examples 

A malignant neoplasm that affects the labia majora.

(Malignant Labia Majora Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the two longitudinal folds of skin located between the labia majora.

(Labium Minus, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the labia majora.

(Labia Majora Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cutaneous leiomyoma arising from the dartos muscle of the scrotum or labia majora.

(Dartoic Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)