labiumn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪbɪəm/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbiəm/

Inflections: Plural labia.

Forms: 1500s– labium, 1900s– labia (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin labium.

Etymology: < classical Latin labium lip, in post-classical Latin and scientific Latin also edge of a surgical incision or wound (14th cent. or earlier), lip of the female genitals (end of the 16th cent. or earlier; chiefly in plural), (in botany) lip of a labiate corolla (1623 or earlier), (in zoology) lip of the aperture of a gastropod mollusc (1758 or earlier; 1771 or earlier specifically denoting the inner lip), (in certain insects) segment that forms the floor of the mouth (1775 or earlier) < the same Indo-European base as lip n. Compare earlier labies n.In sense 6 probably after German Labium (1731 or earlier in this sense); compare earlier labial adj. 5. In plural form labia after the Latin plural form.

†1. Surgery. An edge of a surgical incision or wound. Cf. lip n. 5a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > parts of

labium1598

lip-vein1598

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 28/4 When we bende the elbowe, both the labia or lippes of the vayn [Du. de eynden der Ader, Fr. les extremitez de la veine] do separate themselves.

1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 39/2 This Membrane..must be dissected only lengthwise, and then the Labia of the Incision to be separated artificially from the Retina.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 564 In the cure of a fresh prolapsus iridis, we must endeavour to diminish the irritability of the part which is fallen out, and to destroy so much of that it may no longer distend the labia of the wound.

1838 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 49 280 We should..recommend the use of two needles, i.e. one at each end of the thread, and insert them from the bottom of the cleft outwards, using a separate needle for each labium of the wound.

1893 Amer. Vet. Rev. 17 139 The labia of the wound are permitted to fall from one another in order that the subcutaneous tissue may be exposed and removed.

2. Originally Anatomy and Zoology. In plural (labia).

a. In a woman or girl, or certain other female mammals: the thick longitudinal folds of skin lying along either side of the vulval cleft. Also occasionally in singular: either one of these.Also with modifying word, esp. in external labia, major labia (usually in contradistinction to sense 2b). See also labia externa n., labia majora n. at Compounds.In non-technical use sometimes with labia as a singular form (see e.g. quot. 1993).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva > labia

lip1598

nymphs1615

labium1634

nympha1646

tablier1789

Hottentot apron1833

1634 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man i. vi. 85 In the externall part..first appeare labia, the lippes which are parted by the magna rima or fossa, the large chinke.

1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 174 The Labia, or Lips of the great Chink.

1762 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (ed. 4) I. ii. 92 The Clitoris with its praeputium is found between the Labia.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 21 When the uterus remains within the labia.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxv. 225 In women the labium may be the seat of a hernia (inguinal).

1890 London Med. Recorder 20 Nov. 435/1 On examination, her mammæ, pubic hair, clitoris, urethra, and major labia were found to be normal.

1910 M. E. Paul tr. E. H. Kisch Sexual Life Woman 327 New growths may have the same result, fibroids, for instance, lipomata, and cysts, which may attain a remarkable size in the cellular tissue of the labia, the mons veneris, and the perineum.

1919 J. P. C. Griffith Dis. Infants & Children II. 227 The external labium on one or both sides becomes red, swollen, indurated and tender.

1993 Time Out 31 Mar. 81/4 A tattooed woman..washes herself in herbal waters, preparing for a genital piercing. Be warned: this is no ordinary film of a labia being skewered.

2002 Loaded July Encycl. Eroticus Suppl. 5/2 All hair is removed from the labia and buttocks, and only a very narrow strip is left.

b. Usually with modifying word, esp. in inner labia, minor labia. The thinner and narrower folds of skin lying beneath the major labia on either side, extending downwards and backwards from the clitoris. Also occasionally in singular: either one of these.Also called nymphae (see nympha n. 2).See also labia interna n. at Compounds, labia minora n. at Compounds.

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1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 30 They are nothing more than two small folds, or doublings, as it were, of the greater Labia, and have on that account by many been called Labia Minora, or lesser Labia.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 158 Pineau, considers even the carunculæ myrtiformes of the inner labia, instead of the hymen, as an infallible proof of virginity.

1819 Eclectic Repertory & Analyt. Rev. 9 409 On examination, the left internal labium was found to be particularly enlarged.

1935 C. E. Heaton Mod. Motherhood xiv. 142 The vulva consists of two pairs of labia or lips, the clitoris, [etc.].

1966 W. H. Masters & V. E. Johnson Human Sexual Response i. 7 Some physiologic reactions..may be confined to one particular phase of the cycle. Examples are the..color changes of the minor labia in the female.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. e3/4 A dermatologist in New Orleans..refuses to laser the inner labia and anal regions, but not because of health concerns.

3. Botany. In a flower: a lip-like portion of a tubular corolla or calyx, located above or below its mouth; = lip n. 5c(a).Sometimes used spec. for the lower lip of a bilabiate flower, esp. when contrasted with a helmet-shaped upper lip (cf. galea n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > lip

label1707

palate1760

labium1764

lip1776

1764 J. Berkenhout Clavis Anglica Linguæ Bot. at Didynamia The Antheræ are generally hid under the superior labium of the Corolla, in pairs.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Labium, the Lip, the exterior part of a labiate or ringent corolla. It is distinguished into upper and lower; but sometimes the upper lip is called the labium, and the lower galea.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 419 A bilabiate corolla or calyx..is cleft into an upper (superior or posterior) and a lower (inferior or anterior) portion or lip (labium).

1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 30 45 Galea purplish throughout, as long as labium.

2013 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 174 623/1 Each labium produces a shining globular or elongated protuberance at the tip.

4. Conchology. In the shell of a gastropod mollusc: the lip (rim) of the aperture; (in later use) spec. the inner part of this (contrasted with labrum n.¹ 2b).

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1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 116 The lip (labium) simply, is the meer outer contour of the mouth or aperture.

1818 Nicholson's Brit. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IV. at Conchology We would therefore propose, that the terms outer lip and pillar lip be substituted by Labrum and Labium.

1915 C. R. Orcutt Molluscan World I. 60 Aperture half ovate, labrum well rounded, thin, labium slightly rounded, thickened.

2002 Jrnl. Paleontol. 76 1104/1 Acteon (Tenuiactaeon) antarctihadrum n. sp. has a large, slender shell with..a columellar fold visible at the aperture that is positioned adapically high on the labium.

5. Chiefly Entomology. In certain insects and other arthropods: a segment forming the lower border or floor of the mouth, analogous to a lower lip. Contrasted with labrum n.¹ 2a.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > lip

labium1798

labrum1815

lip1828

1798 Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 275 The head, seen below, also greatly magnified...the tops of the maxillæ..the labium.

1802 W. Kirby Monographia Apum Angliæ I. 37 The labium is not entire and rounded, but divided at its apex into two lacerato-ciliate lobes.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 209 They [sc. Myriapoda] have..a labium or lip without palpi, formed of united portions.

1835 Pop. Encycl. II.: Pt. i. i. 551/1 The mouth [of crustaceous animals] has usually two mandibles, a labium, or lip below, and from three to five pairs of jaws.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 245 When those gnathites are fused in the middle line the so-called labium is formed.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses iv. 103 The anterior face of the labium is deeply grooved.

1991 C. McAney et al. Anal. Bat Droppings 8 Both the maxillae and the labium are furnished with jointed palps which are used to examine and smell the food.

2013 R. C. Russell et al. Encycl. Med. & Vet. Entomol. 179 Orientation on the host and probing involve additional receptors on the tarsi and labium.

6. In a recorder or other duct flute: the lip at the base of the mouth (mouth n. 14b) against which the airstream strikes to produce a sound. Also: either of the lips of an organ pipe.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] > parts generally

labium1847

keypad1888

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pipe > other parts of pipes

tongue1551

mouth1727

lip1728

reed1728

wind-cuttera1834

labium1847

beak1852

beard1852

underlip1852

wedge1852

body tube1854

plate-of-wind1875

wind-way1875

1847 T. Böhm Ess. Construction Flutes (1882) 30 The air blown in at the labium of the pipe cannot escape at the lower end.

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. I. Physics 77 However little the influence exerted upon the tone of a pipe by the direction in which the current of air strikes the mouth-opening, so much the more considerable is the effect produced by the shape of the labium, and the height of the air-hole.

1970 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 23 74 This instrument had been badly damaged. The beak was broken off, the labium cracked, and a crude new block inserted.

1990 E. O'Kelly Recorder Today 112 Loosely covering the labium lowers the overall pitch of the instrument but does not interfere with relative pitches or prevent notes from sounding.

2015 G. Burgess Well-tempered Woodwinds iv. 75 The rosewood body and silver edge Friedrich added to the labium were likely responsible for the instrument's unique tone.

Compounds

Originally and chiefly Anatomy. In sense 2, with first element usually in plural form.

labia externa n. (singular labium externum) [after post-classical Latin labia externa (1685 or earlier; plural of labium externum)] now rare the external labia (see sense 2a); (in singular) either one of these.

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1741 J. Parsons Mech. & Crit. Enq. Hermaphrodites iii. 86 The Fundus Uteri must have a transverse Direction in a Right-line from the Labia Externa, cutting the Body of the Child 'cross at Right-angles.

1881 R. Glisan Text Bk. Mod. Midwifery ii. 37 There are numerous sebaceous glands in the labia externa.

1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Dec. Epitome 94/1 The right labium externum was swollen.

1999 R. J. Corsini Dict. Psychol. 531/1 Labia,..more commonly refers to labia pudendi, the lips of the vulva, consisting of the labia majora (labia externa) or larger, more prominent outer lips and the labia minora (labia interna).

labia interna n. (singular labium internum) now rare the inner labia (see sense 2b); (in singular) either one of these.

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1766 T. Cooper Compend. Midwifery i. i. 11 The Clittoris,..from this arise the Nymphæ, or Labia interna.

1839 W. Jones Pract. Observ. Dis. Women 122 A small cluster of warts existed about an inch within the vagina..—and another at the vulvar orifice, more especially on the left labium internum.

1999 R. J. Corsini Dict. Psychol. 531/1 Labia,..more commonly refers to labia pudendi, the lips of the vulva, consisting of the labia majora (labia externa)..and the labia minora (labia interna), or thinner inner lips.

labia majora n. (singular labium majus) [after post-classical Latin labia majora (1687 or earlier; plural of labium majus)] the major labia (see sense 2a); (in singular) either one of these.

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1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. II. 57 The Odoriferous Glands of the Labia majora and Nymphae, which are sebaceous, and placed on the internal surface of the Labia Vulvae et Nympharum.

1838 R. Hunter Text Bk. Human Anat. (ed. 2) ix. 208 Female organs of generation... 1st, the mons veneris—2d, the two labia majora, or labia pudendi—3d, the clitoris, with its prepuce—4th, the two labia minora, or nymphæ.

1909 Practitioner Feb. 302 On each side of the vaginal outlet, at the posterior third of each labium majus, is situated a small glandular body, known as the vulva-vaginal gland.

2006 New Yorker 20 Mar. 148/2 When Penthouse went ‘pink’—that is, began photographing what was between the labia majora—Playboy refused to do so.

labia minora n. (singular labium minus) [after post-classical Latin labia minora (1739 or earlier; plural of labium minus)] now rare the minor labia (see sense 2b); (in singular) either one of these.

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1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 30 The Labia Interna..are nothing more than two small folds, or doublings,..of the greater Labia, and have on that account by many been called the Labia Minora.

1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 134 The inner lips, the nymphæ or labia minora, running parallel with the greater lips which enclose them, embrace the clitoris anteriorly.

1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1547 Anteriorly, each labium minus divides into two portions.

2012 Independent (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Health news section) The labia minora change as part of normal pubertal growth, with development completed as the individual approaches adulthood.

labia pudendi n. (singular labium pudendi) [after post-classical Latin labia pudendi (1597 or earlier; plural of labium pudendi)] the labia of the vulva (see sense 2), spec. the external labia; (in singular) either one of these.

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1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. v. 58 If the coition were closer, and the venom have possessed the labia pudendi, then the whole skin of the penis is infected.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 653/1 A Whore had a Tubercle upon her labium pudendi as big as a small Pine nut.

1769 R. W. Johnson New Syst. Midwifery vii. 131 She feels a prurience within the vagina and labia pudendi; which soon changes to a smarting, pricking, and burning pain.

1854 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 17 466 A robust healthy woman..called on me to remove a tumour growing from the inside of the right labium pudendi.

1991 E. Richter & T. Feyerabend Normal Lymph Node Topogr. 124 The fine lymphatic network of the labia pudendi..and the prepuce of the clitoris gives rise to collecting lymph vessels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labium
释义	labiumn. Brit. /ˈleɪbɪəm/, U.S. /ˈleɪbiəm/ Inflections: Plural labia. Forms: 1500s– labium, 1900s– labia (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin labium. Etymology: < classical Latin labium lip, in post-classical Latin and scientific Latin also edge of a surgical incision or wound (14th cent. or earlier), lip of the female genitals (end of the 16th cent. or earlier; chiefly in plural), (in botany) lip of a labiate corolla (1623 or earlier), (in zoology) lip of the aperture of a gastropod mollusc (1758 or earlier; 1771 or earlier specifically denoting the inner lip), (in certain insects) segment that forms the floor of the mouth (1775 or earlier) < the same Indo-European base as lip n. Compare earlier labies n.In sense 6 probably after German Labium (1731 or earlier in this sense); compare earlier labial adj. 5. In plural form labia after the Latin plural form. †1. Surgery. An edge of a surgical incision or wound. Cf. lip n. 5a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > parts of labium1598 lip-vein1598 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 28/4 When we bende the elbowe, both the labia or lippes of the vayn [Du. de eynden der Ader, Fr. les extremitez de la veine] do separate themselves. 1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 39/2 This Membrane..must be dissected only lengthwise, and then the Labia of the Incision to be separated artificially from the Retina. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 564 In the cure of a fresh prolapsus iridis, we must endeavour to diminish the irritability of the part which is fallen out, and to destroy so much of that it may no longer distend the labia of the wound. 1838 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 49 280 We should..recommend the use of two needles, i.e. one at each end of the thread, and insert them from the bottom of the cleft outwards, using a separate needle for each labium of the wound. 1893 Amer. Vet. Rev. 17 139 The labia of the wound are permitted to fall from one another in order that the subcutaneous tissue may be exposed and removed. 2. Originally Anatomy and Zoology. In plural (labia). a. In a woman or girl, or certain other female mammals: the thick longitudinal folds of skin lying along either side of the vulval cleft. Also occasionally in singular: either one of these.Also with modifying word, esp. in external labia, major labia (usually in contradistinction to sense 2b). See also labia externa n., labia majora n. at Compounds.In non-technical use sometimes with labia as a singular form (see e.g. quot. 1993). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva > labia lip1598 nymphs1615 labium1634 nympha1646 tablier1789 Hottentot apron1833 1634 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man i. vi. 85 In the externall part..first appeare labia, the lippes which are parted by the magna rima or fossa, the large chinke. 1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 174 The Labia, or Lips of the great Chink. 1762 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (ed. 4) I. ii. 92 The Clitoris with its praeputium is found between the Labia. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 21 When the uterus remains within the labia. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxv. 225 In women the labium may be the seat of a hernia (inguinal). 1890 London Med. Recorder 20 Nov. 435/1 On examination, her mammæ, pubic hair, clitoris, urethra, and major labia were found to be normal. 1910 M. E. Paul tr. E. H. Kisch Sexual Life Woman 327 New growths may have the same result, fibroids, for instance, lipomata, and cysts, which may attain a remarkable size in the cellular tissue of the labia, the mons veneris, and the perineum. 1919 J. P. C. Griffith Dis. Infants & Children II. 227 The external labium on one or both sides becomes red, swollen, indurated and tender. 1993 Time Out 31 Mar. 81/4 A tattooed woman..washes herself in herbal waters, preparing for a genital piercing. Be warned: this is no ordinary film of a labia being skewered. 2002 Loaded July Encycl. Eroticus Suppl. 5/2 All hair is removed from the labia and buttocks, and only a very narrow strip is left. b. Usually with modifying word, esp. in inner labia, minor labia. The thinner and narrower folds of skin lying beneath the major labia on either side, extending downwards and backwards from the clitoris. Also occasionally in singular: either one of these.Also called nymphae (see nympha n. 2).See also labia interna n. at Compounds, labia minora n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 30 They are nothing more than two small folds, or doublings, as it were, of the greater Labia, and have on that account by many been called Labia Minora, or lesser Labia. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 158 Pineau, considers even the carunculæ myrtiformes of the inner labia, instead of the hymen, as an infallible proof of virginity. 1819 Eclectic Repertory & Analyt. Rev. 9 409 On examination, the left internal labium was found to be particularly enlarged. 1935 C. E. Heaton Mod. Motherhood xiv. 142 The vulva consists of two pairs of labia or lips, the clitoris, [etc.]. 1966 W. H. Masters & V. E. Johnson Human Sexual Response i. 7 Some physiologic reactions..may be confined to one particular phase of the cycle. Examples are the..color changes of the minor labia in the female. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. e3/4 A dermatologist in New Orleans..refuses to laser the inner labia and anal regions, but not because of health concerns. 3. Botany. In a flower: a lip-like portion of a tubular corolla or calyx, located above or below its mouth; = lip n. 5c(a).Sometimes used spec. for the lower lip of a bilabiate flower, esp. when contrasted with a helmet-shaped upper lip (cf. galea n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > lip label1707 palate1760 labium1764 lip1776 1764 J. Berkenhout Clavis Anglica Linguæ Bot. at Didynamia The Antheræ are generally hid under the superior labium of the Corolla, in pairs. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Labium, the Lip, the exterior part of a labiate or ringent corolla. It is distinguished into upper and lower; but sometimes the upper lip is called the labium, and the lower galea. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 419 A bilabiate corolla or calyx..is cleft into an upper (superior or posterior) and a lower (inferior or anterior) portion or lip (labium). 1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 30 45 Galea purplish throughout, as long as labium. 2013 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 174 623/1 Each labium produces a shining globular or elongated protuberance at the tip. 4. Conchology. In the shell of a gastropod mollusc: the lip (rim) of the aperture; (in later use) spec. the inner part of this (contrasted with labrum n.¹ 2b). ΚΠ 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 116 The lip (labium) simply, is the meer outer contour of the mouth or aperture. 1818 Nicholson's Brit. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IV. at Conchology We would therefore propose, that the terms outer lip and pillar lip be substituted by Labrum and Labium. 1915 C. R. Orcutt Molluscan World I. 60 Aperture half ovate, labrum well rounded, thin, labium slightly rounded, thickened. 2002 Jrnl. Paleontol. 76 1104/1 Acteon (Tenuiactaeon) antarctihadrum n. sp. has a large, slender shell with..a columellar fold visible at the aperture that is positioned adapically high on the labium. 5. Chiefly Entomology. In certain insects and other arthropods: a segment forming the lower border or floor of the mouth, analogous to a lower lip. Contrasted with labrum n.¹ 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > lip labium1798 labrum1815 lip1828 1798 Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 275 The head, seen below, also greatly magnified...the tops of the maxillæ..the labium. 1802 W. Kirby Monographia Apum Angliæ I. 37 The labium is not entire and rounded, but divided at its apex into two lacerato-ciliate lobes. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 209 They [sc. Myriapoda] have..a labium or lip without palpi, formed of united portions. 1835 Pop. Encycl. II.: Pt. i. i. 551/1 The mouth [of crustaceous animals] has usually two mandibles, a labium, or lip below, and from three to five pairs of jaws. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 245 When those gnathites are fused in the middle line the so-called labium is formed. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses iv. 103 The anterior face of the labium is deeply grooved. 1991 C. McAney et al. Anal. Bat Droppings 8 Both the maxillae and the labium are furnished with jointed palps which are used to examine and smell the food. 2013 R. C. Russell et al. Encycl. Med. & Vet. Entomol. 179 Orientation on the host and probing involve additional receptors on the tarsi and labium. 6. In a recorder or other duct flute: the lip at the base of the mouth (mouth n. 14b) against which the airstream strikes to produce a sound. Also: either of the lips of an organ pipe. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] > parts generally labium1847 keypad1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pipe > other parts of pipes tongue1551 mouth1727 lip1728 reed1728 wind-cuttera1834 labium1847 beak1852 beard1852 underlip1852 wedge1852 body tube1854 plate-of-wind1875 wind-way1875 1847 T. Böhm Ess. Construction Flutes (1882) 30 The air blown in at the labium of the pipe cannot escape at the lower end. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. I. Physics 77 However little the influence exerted upon the tone of a pipe by the direction in which the current of air strikes the mouth-opening, so much the more considerable is the effect produced by the shape of the labium, and the height of the air-hole. 1970 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 23 74 This instrument had been badly damaged. The beak was broken off, the labium cracked, and a crude new block inserted. 1990 E. O'Kelly Recorder Today 112 Loosely covering the labium lowers the overall pitch of the instrument but does not interfere with relative pitches or prevent notes from sounding. 2015 G. Burgess Well-tempered Woodwinds iv. 75 The rosewood body and silver edge Friedrich added to the labium were likely responsible for the instrument's unique tone. Compounds Originally and chiefly Anatomy. In sense 2, with first element usually in plural form. labia externa n. (singular labium externum) [after post-classical Latin labia externa (1685 or earlier; plural of labium externum)] now rare the external labia (see sense 2a); (in singular) either one of these. ΚΠ 1741 J. Parsons Mech. & Crit. Enq. Hermaphrodites iii. 86 The Fundus Uteri must have a transverse Direction in a Right-line from the Labia Externa, cutting the Body of the Child 'cross at Right-angles. 1881 R. Glisan Text Bk. Mod. Midwifery ii. 37 There are numerous sebaceous glands in the labia externa. 1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Dec. Epitome 94/1 The right labium externum was swollen. 1999 R. J. Corsini Dict. Psychol. 531/1 Labia,..more commonly refers to labia pudendi, the lips of the vulva, consisting of the labia majora (labia externa) or larger, more prominent outer lips and the labia minora (labia interna). labia interna n. (singular labium internum) now rare the inner labia (see sense 2b); (in singular) either one of these. ΚΠ 1766 T. Cooper Compend. Midwifery i. i. 11 The Clittoris,..from this arise the Nymphæ, or Labia interna. 1839 W. Jones Pract. Observ. Dis. Women 122 A small cluster of warts existed about an inch within the vagina..—and another at the vulvar orifice, more especially on the left labium internum. 1999 R. J. Corsini Dict. Psychol. 531/1 Labia,..more commonly refers to labia pudendi, the lips of the vulva, consisting of the labia majora (labia externa)..and the labia minora (labia interna), or thinner inner lips. labia majora n. (singular labium majus) [after post-classical Latin labia majora (1687 or earlier; plural of labium majus)] the major labia (see sense 2a); (in singular) either one of these. ΚΠ 1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. II. 57 The Odoriferous Glands of the Labia majora and Nymphae, which are sebaceous, and placed on the internal surface of the Labia Vulvae et Nympharum. 1838 R. Hunter Text Bk. Human Anat. (ed. 2) ix. 208 Female organs of generation... 1st, the mons veneris—2d, the two labia majora, or labia pudendi—3d, the clitoris, with its prepuce—4th, the two labia minora, or nymphæ. 1909 Practitioner Feb. 302 On each side of the vaginal outlet, at the posterior third of each labium majus, is situated a small glandular body, known as the vulva-vaginal gland. 2006 New Yorker 20 Mar. 148/2 When Penthouse went ‘pink’—that is, began photographing what was between the labia majora—Playboy refused to do so. labia minora n. (singular labium minus) [after post-classical Latin labia minora (1739 or earlier; plural of labium minus)] now rare the minor labia (see sense 2b); (in singular) either one of these. ΚΠ 1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 30 The Labia Interna..are nothing more than two small folds, or doublings,..of the greater Labia, and have on that account by many been called the Labia Minora. 1838 R. Hunter Text Bk. Human Anat. (ed. 2) ix. 208 Female organs of generation... 1st, the mons veneris—2d, the two labia majora, or labia pudendi—3d, the clitoris, with its prepuce—4th, the two labia minora, or nymphæ—[etc.]. 1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 134 The inner lips, the nymphæ or labia minora, running parallel with the greater lips which enclose them, embrace the clitoris anteriorly. 1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1547 Anteriorly, each labium minus divides into two portions. 2012 Independent (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Health news section) The labia minora change as part of normal pubertal growth, with development completed as the individual approaches adulthood. labia pudendi n. (singular labium pudendi) [after post-classical Latin labia pudendi (1597 or earlier; plural of labium pudendi)] the labia of the vulva (see sense 2), spec. the external labia; (in singular) either one of these. ΚΠ 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. v. 58 If the coition were closer, and the venom have possessed the labia pudendi, then the whole skin of the penis is infected. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 653/1 A Whore had a Tubercle upon her labium pudendi as big as a small Pine nut. 1769 R. W. Johnson New Syst. Midwifery vii. 131 She feels a prurience within the vagina and labia pudendi; which soon changes to a smarting, pricking, and burning pain. 1854 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 17 466 A robust healthy woman..called on me to remove a tumour growing from the inside of the right labium pudendi. 1991 E. Richter & T. Feyerabend Normal Lymph Node Topogr. 124 The fine lymphatic network of the labia pudendi..and the prepuce of the clitoris gives rise to collecting lymph vessels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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