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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or resembling a labium.
2.
of or pertaining to the lips.
3.
Phonetics. involving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel.
4.
Music. having the tones produced by the impact of a stream of air on a sharp liplike edge, as in a flute or the flue pipes of an organ.
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Labial
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| back-vowel resonance in the 'l' sound when situated after a vowel in the same syllable |
| the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation like stop, fricative, nasal, semivowel |
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Word Origin & History
labial
"pertaining to the lips," 1590s, from M.L. labialis, from L. labium "lip" (see lip).
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Medical Dictionary
labial la·bi·al (lā'bē-əl)
adj.
Relating to the lips or labia.
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