labialadjective
uk/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/us/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/specializedphonetics Labial sounds are consonant sounds made with the two lips:
/m/ and /p/ are labial sounds.
medical relating to the lips:
labial surgery
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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medical relating to the folds on the outside of the female sex organs:
labial herpes
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Sexual & reproductive organs
- amnion
- cervical
- corpus luteum
- descendens
- endometrial
- endometrium
- G-spot
- genitals
- gonad
- groin
- ovary
- ovule
- perineal
- perineum
- phallus
- pudendal
- pudendum
- spermatic
- testicle
- urogenital
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labialnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/us/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/specializeda consonant sound that is made with the two lips
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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The mouth & throat