(a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
(a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
(a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
(a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
(n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
(n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
(n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the pattern in the central nervous system (CNS) and mesoderm is further restricted; the major expression located in the labial neuromere of the CNS and the mesoderm of the first thoracic segment.
(2) It was treated by the method of free autogenous gingival graft on the labial side and gingivectomy by flap on the palatal side.
(3) Class V cavities were prepared on the labial surfaces of the canine teeth of 18 male ferrets.
(4) The classical form most commonly observed on the buccal, palatal and labial mucosa shows a fine lacework of white papules and lines.
(5) This case implies the significance of detecting diabetes mellitus as a contributory factor for labial adhesions.
(6) The labial periodontal ligament, on the other hand, contained less numerous NFP-positive nerves, these terminating among collagen fibers as free endings.
(7) Both larval stages had an inner circle of 6 labial papillae, an outer circle of 6 labial papillae and 4 somatic papillae, and lateral amphidial pits.
(8) Because foscarnet showed an antiviral effect when applied to infected human skin, the lack of effect of foscarnet in clinical studies on recurrent genital or labial herpes may be due to differences in the pathogenesis of the primary and recurrent infections.
(9) Furthermore, in labial glands there was a significant correlation between numbers of 17-109 and G6 idiotope reactive cells (r = 0.61; P less than 0.02), reflecting the known association between these H and L chain CRIs in RF IgM paraproteins.
(10) Labial adhesions have been found commonly in children.
(11) Both labial salivary gland and gingival biopsies were taken from 19 patients with clinical findings suggestive of secondary amyloidosis.
(12) Almost any forms of complete clefts require a rhinoplasty in spite of good primary results with modern methods of operation in the labial region.
(13) In addition, we also report the effects of ectopic expression of the homeotic genes labial (lab), Deformed (Dfd), Scr, Antp or Ubx on the normal development of sensory organs in the embryonic PNS.
(14) The majority of T cells constituting the focal lymphocytic infiltrates in the labial minor salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome bear the helper phenotype (CD4); activation is expressed by class II (HLA-DR) MHC products.
(15) The labial cleft is continued in the sulcus papillae palatinae.
(16) This article describes a study of determining blood flow of labial and palatal mucoperiosteal flap with radionuclide Xe-133 clearance technique before and after anterior maxillary osteotomies.
(17) This observation can be expressed numerically by the "labial index", which in mongoloids was found significantly lower.
(18) The resulting data reported on labial enamel thickness of anterior teeth may offer guidance in the preparation of laminate veneers.
(19) In laboratory experiments, progressive transversal jaw expansion with screw plates was simulated and the resulting increase in labial archwire force and deflection (autoactivation) was analysed.
(20) The relationships between changes in upper and lower lip positions, naso-labial angle, and labiomental fold with those in the underlying dento-skeletal elements were examined.
Labiodental
Definition:
(a.) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.
(n.) A labiodental sound or letter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Labial and labiodental consonants were produced as alveolar consonants before front vowels and labial consonants before back vowels.
(2) Of the different aetiological factors mentioned in the literature the habit of placing tobacco under the tongue or in the labiodental groove seems to be associated with a high incidence of oral cancer and possibly also of oesophageal cancer in much the same way as in Russia.
(3) Among the visible contexts, the fricative and labiodental contexts in particular produced the lowest vowel intelligibility regardless of talker.