vulval

vulval

English

Etymology

From vulva +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlvəl/

Adjective

vulval (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the vulva.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     In John and Salomé, Salomé's nipples are angry blossoms, her black navel vulval, tendrilous, vaguely insectimorphic.

   • 2003, Jenny Diski, "It's so beautiful", London Review of Books, XXV.22:

     Pythagoras, she suggests, venerated three-sided figures for their vaginal symbolism; Upper Palaeolithic dips in rock are chipped away by cavemen into vulval icons.

Derived terms

• perivulval
• pseudovulval
• vulvalike
• vulval vestibule