عفل

عَفَلٌ ذ A certain thing that comes forth in the vulva of a woman and of a camel, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia (in the TA the أُدْرَة in the خُصْيَة)] of men; as also ↓ عَفَلَةٌ: (S, O, K: [the latter word is said in the Msb to be the subst. from عَفِلَتْ, q. v.:]) accord. to IAar, a certain excrescence of flesh in the vulva of a woman; also called قَرْن: [but see this word;] (Az, Msb, TA;) they say that it is not in the virgin, but only in the woman after childbirth: (Msb:) so says Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee: (TA:) and it is said to be a swelling between the مسْلَكَانِ [or vagina and rectum ] of a woman, by reason whereof her vulva is contracted so as to prevent initus: (Msb:) accord. to IDrd. it is, in men, a thickness that arises in the anus; and in women, a thickness in the رَحِم [here meaning vulva ], and so in beasts. (TA.)