Bartholin


bartholin

bartholin bar·tho·lin (bär’tl-ĭn, -thə-lĭn), caspar. 1585-1629.

danish anatomist and physician who was the first to describe bartholin’s glands of the v-g-n-.
historical examples

they are called bartholin’s glands; occasionally they become inflamed and give a good deal of trouble.
woman william j. robinson

bartholin’s management of squint-eyed people is founded on the same principles.
lachesis lapponica carl von linn

the glands of bartholin also begin to secrete in s-xually immature girls, and even in children.
the s-xual life of the child albert moll

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    either of two small, oval, mucus-secreting glands, one on each side of the base of the v-g-n-. bartholin’s gland n. see greater vestibular gland.

  • Bartholin's cyst

    bartholin’s cyst bartholin’s cyst bar·tho·lin’s cyst (bär’tl-ĭnz, -thə-lĭnz) n. a v-g-n-l cyst arising from the greater vestibular gland or from its ducts.

  • Bartholin's duct

    bartholin’s duct bartholin’s duct n. see major sublingual duct.

  • Bartholin's glands

    either of two small, oval, mucus-secreting glands, one on each side of the base of the v-g-n-. plural noun (anatomy) two small reddish-yellow glands, one on each side of the v-g-n-l orifice, that secrete a mucous lubricating substance during s-xual stimulation in females compare cowper’s glands bartholin’s gland n. see greater vestibular gland.

  • Bartholinitis

    bartholinitis bartholinitis bar·tho·lin·i·tis (bär’tə-lə-nī’tĭs) n. inflammation of the greater vestibular gland.


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