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labial

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
labial /ˈleɪbɪəl/

▶adjective

1 chiefly Anatomy & Biology relating to the lips or a labium.

2 Phonetics (of a consonant) requiring partial or complete closure of the lips (e.g. p or w), or (of a vowel) requiring rounded lips (e.g. oo).

– derivatives
labialize (or labialise) verb,
labially adverb.

– origin C16: from med. L. labialis, from L. labium ‘lip’.

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