VESTIBULAR GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vestibular gland mean? 

• VESTIBULAR GLAND (noun)
  The noun VESTIBULAR GLAND has 1 sense:

1. a gland that opens into the vestibule of the vagina; secretions lubricate the vagina during coitus

  Familiarity information: VESTIBULAR GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESTIBULAR GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gland that opens into the vestibule of the vagina; secretions lubricate the vagina during coitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vestibular gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vestibular gland"):

Bartholin's gland (either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male)