noun
pl. -·nas or -·nae- a sheath or sheathlike structure; specif., in female mammals, the canal between the vulva and the uterus
- Bot. the sheath formed by the base of certain leaves where it envelops a stem
Origin of vagina
L, a sheath
noun
The definition of a vagina is the passage leading from the vulva to the cervix in female humans and other mammals.
An example of the vagina is the birth canal.
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vagina
noun
pl. va·gi·nas, or va·gi·nae- Anatomy a. The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.b. A similar part in some invertebrates.
- Biology Any of various sheathlike structures.
Origin of vagina
Latin vāgīna sheathTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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The tube-shaped part of the reproductive tract in female mammals that is connected to the uterus at one end and opens to the outside of the body on the other end. The fully developed fetus passes through the vagina during birth.
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Noun
(plural vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ)
- (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
- You may give birth through your vagina, have a c-section or surrogacy, it's up to you.
- (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
- (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
- (colloquial) The vulva.
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From Latin vāgīna (“sheath”).
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vagina - Medical Definition
n.
pl. vaginas or vaginae (-nē)- Anatomy
- The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
- A similar part in some invertebrates.
- Biology Any of various sheathlike structures.
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Sentence Examples
- This "vagina" is sometimes of exaggerated size.
- The two ducts continuous with the gonads open by a common vagina on to the exterior behind the male pores.
- Usually they open into a median vagina, formed by an ectodermal inpushing and lined with chitin.
- The vagina usually opens in front of the eighth abdominal sternite.
- From this vagina arises a narrow duct leading to the exterior.
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