vulva

FREQ #43796

n. 外阴, 阴户 [医] 外阴, 女阴

发音

US /ˈvʌlvə/

词形变化

vulvae vulvæ vulvas 复数 vulvas vulvae 复数 vulvæ 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

    阴门

    外阴

    女阴

    阴户

    医学
  2. 2.

    A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

fanny female genitalia

部分词 10

button clitoris clit mons urethra labia majora labia minora labium mons pubis mons veneris

相关短语

vulva dentata blue vulva

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

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