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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Anatomy Either of two small compound racemose glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucus and are homologous to the bulbourethral glands in the male.

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  1. n. anatomy either of two small glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucous.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male

Etymologies

  1. After Caspar Bartholin (1585-1629), Danish physician. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. vestibular gland

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  1. bartholinitis
  1. bulbourethral gland
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  1. caspar bartholin
  1. Cowper's gland

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