Vagina Definition

və-jīnə
vaginae, vaginas
noun
A sheath or sheathlike structure; specif., in female mammals, the canal between the vulva and the uterus.
Webster's New World
A similar part in some invertebrates.
American Heritage Medicine
The sheath formed by the base of certain leaves where it envelops a stem.
Webster's New World
Any of various sheathlike structures.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Vagina

Noun

Singular:
vagina
Plural:
vaginas

Origin of Vagina

  • From Latin vāgīna (“sheath”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vāgīna sheath

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vagina Sentence Examples

  • This "vagina" is sometimes of exaggerated size.

  • 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.

  • The perchloride, sulphate and pernitrate are strongly astringent; less extensively they are used in chronic discharges from the vagina, rectum and nose, while injected into the rectum they destroy worms.

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Words Starting With

VVAVAG

Words Ending With

ANAINA

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Words Starting With V and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With A