See Also: prolabium(medicine)
prolabium(dictionary)

ule (iou) and prolabium (iou)


ule (iou)



-ule suffix. [ju:l]
[Repr. Latin dim. ending -ulus, -ula, -ulum.]
Forming dim. nouns, chiefly from corresp. Latin forms, as capsule, globule, nodule, pustule, etc., and occas. as mod. formations, as faunule. The Latin ending -ula is retained in some (esp. technical) words, as blastula, campanula, scrofula.

prolabium (iou)



prolabium noun. . L17.
[medieval Latin, formed as PRO-1 + LABIUM.]
Anatomy. The prominent or outer part of a lip.