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Definition of Labial
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth. "Labial stops"
2. Noun. A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips.
Generic synonyms: Consonant
Specialized synonyms: Bilabial, Labial Stop
3. Adjective. Relating to or near the female labium.
Definition of Labial
1. a. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
2. n. A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
Definition of Labial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia ¹
2. Adjective. (linguistics) articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w ¹
3. Adjective. (dentistry) Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial. ¹
4. Noun. (linguistics) a labial consonant ¹
5. Noun. (music) an organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Labial
1. a labially produced sound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Labial
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Labial
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Literary usage of Labial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"labial GLANDS. This name is given to a multitude of ... labial VEIN» are
distinguished, like the arteries, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Superior labial Branches (rami ... labial branches), the largest and most
numerous, descend behind the Quadratus labii superioris, and are distributed ..."
3. Sissano: Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia by William Churchill (1916)
"These classes in Melanesia and the items involved are the following: A.
Polynesian (puaka) type i- 2 H. labial-liquid-palatal 81-85 B. ..."
4. A Text-book of the Diseases of Women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1897)
"Two kinds of herniae find their way into the labia majora—viz. the anterior, or
inguino-labial, ... The anterior labial, or inguino-labial, ..."
5. Northern English: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts by Richard J. Lloyd (1899)
"40] English, like most other languages, creates its labial phones by two different
closures, viz: its plosives and nasal, p, b, m, by lip-to-lip (bilabial) ..."