(bar-tul'in , bart'ŏ-lĭn, bar'thŏ-lĭn)

Danish anatomist, 1655–1738.

B.'s abscess An infection that develops when the Bartholin gland s become occluded in an acute inflammation.

B.'s cyst A cyst commonly formed in chronic inflammation of the Bartholin gland s.

B.'s duct Any of the large ducts of the sublingual salivary gland , parallel to the Wharton duct.

B.'s gland Either of two small compound mucous gland s located one in each lateral wall of the vestibule of the vagina, near the vaginal opening at the base of the labia majora. SYN: vulvovaginal gland .