labial

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adjective

la·bi·al ˈlā-bē-əl

: uttered with the participation of one or both lips

the labial sounds \f\, \p\, and \ü\

: of, relating to, or situated near the lips or labia

labially

ˈlā-bē-ə-lē

adverb

labial

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Example Sentences

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Adjective

Notably, female bonobos have massive, cantaloupe-sized labial swellings and prominent clitorises that can reach two and a half inches when erect.

Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022 Some are revealed to have long, squiggly tails — spermatozoa, perhaps, which resonate against the labial form that Rist designed for the lights.

Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The gallery puts Hesse’s and Wilke’s work in separate rooms—and in Wilke’s, the labial folds abound.

Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic, 18 May 2021 Honold had sustained extensive injuries—one of which Linda Walther, the nurse who examined her at the hospital, had never seen before: a torn labial frenulum, which connects the inside of the upper lip to the gums.

Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 15 July 2019

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