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vulva
(redirected from pudendum)

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vulva
the external genitals of human females, including the labia, mons veneris, clitoris, and the vaginal orifice

vulva [′vəl·və]
(anatomy)
The external genital organs of women.


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The pudendum looks odd; I'm told that Ob-Gyn and art collector Don Rubell described it as "engorged.
For example, the conceptual absence embodied in terms like private parts or privates is represented in the Dutch schmaadelen (shameful parts), the Indonesian kemaluan (shame, embarrassment), and the Latin Pudendum ("that of which one ought to be ashamed") (Allan, 1990, p.
 
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