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 vagina.
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 sexually immature girls, and even in children.
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll
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- 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 vagina. plural noun (anatomy) two small reddish-yellow glands, one on each side of the vaginal orifice, that secrete a mucous lubricating substance during sexual 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.