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حَضُونٌ

Root: حضن

Full Definition

حَضُونٌ A ewe, and a she-camel, and a woman, having one of her teats, or breasts, larger than the other: or, applied to a ewe or she-goat, i. q. شَطُورٌ; i. e. having one of her teats longer than the other: or a she-camel, and a she-goat, of which one of her طُبْيَانِ [meaning either two mammæ or two teats] has gone.
2 Also A man having one of his testicles larger than the other.
3 And A pudendum muliebre having the edge of one of its labia majora (i. e. having one of its شُفْرَانِ) larger than the other.


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