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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