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.

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