Bartholin's glands
Bartholin's glands (greater vestibular glands) (bar-thŏ-linz) pl. n. a pair of glands that open at the junction of the vagina and the vulva. Their secretions lubricate the vulva and so assist penetration by the penis during coitus. [ C. Bartholin (1655–1738), Danish anatomist]
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