vulva

Japanese: vulva
vulva

… The comparative form of Sanskrit ud (meaning “above”), uttara-, refers to the upper or protruding part, which is the Greek hystera or hysteros, while it is connected to the Latin uterus. According to Pliny the Elder, uterus refers to the uterus only in humans, but the uterus of other animals is called volva or vulva (Natural History). He calls the fetus of a dog or whale, and the underbelly of a swan uterus (ibid.), and in Ovid's Metamorphoses, uterus also means belly. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "vulva" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… サンスクリットのud(〈上方〉の意)の比較級uttara‐は,上の部分または突出した部分を指し,これがギリシア語のヒュステラまたはヒュステロスhysterosとなる一方,ラテン語ウテルスuterusに通じている。ウテルスは大プリニウスによれば人間の場合だけ子宮を指すが,その他の動物の子宮はウォルウァvolvaまたはウルウァvulvaと呼んでいる(《博物誌》)。彼はイヌやクジラの胎児,ハクチョウの下腹をウテルスという(同上)し,オウィディウスの《転身物語》でもウテルスは腹の意である。…

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