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Bartholin's gland

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two small compound racemose glands 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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  • noun anatomy either of two small glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Caspar Bartholin, (1585–1629), Danish physician.]

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