labium
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At the tip of the labium are the labellæ, two little lobes which serve to guide the piercing organs.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
Palp, palp, n. a jointed sensiferous organ attached in pairs to the labium or maxilla of insects, and thus distinguished from antenn�, which are on the top of the head—also Pal′pus:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The piercing proboscis consists of three long needle-like organs, the epipharynx and mandibles, and a lower lip or labium.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
On comparing these parts with those of the louse, it will be seen how much alike they are with the exception of the labium, a very variable organ in the Hemiptera.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Figure 116 represents the mouth parts of the same insect a little farther advanced, with the jaws and labium elongated and closely folded together.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
The round ligament attaches to the uterus near the uterine tubes, and extends to the labia majora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The growths, called vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, or VIN, form on the external parts of the genital area, or vulva, including the labia and clitoris.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2011
In a few cases this adhesion appeared to me to be the cause of the dysuria, which disappeared after the separation of the labia from one another.”
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
It is difficult to speak very decisively as to the function of the labia minora.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock
In the female, the cauliflower-like masses are dissected from the labia; in the male, the prepuce is removed and the warts on the glans are snipped off with scissors.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
