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Definition of Labial

1. Noun. A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth. "Labial stops"

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

1. The tooth surface next to your lips or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your lips. (08 Jan 1998)

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) ..."

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