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va·gi·na 
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| 2. | Botany. the sheath formed by the basal part of certain leaves where they embrace the stem. |
[Origin: 1675–85; < NL; L vāgīna sheath]
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Vagina
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| va·gi·na
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n. pl. va·gi·nas or va·gi·nae (-nē)
[Latin vāgīna, sheath.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
vagina
1682, from L. vagina "sheath, scabbard" (pl. vaginæ), from PIE *wag-ina- (cf. Lith. voziu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from base *wag- "to break, split, bite." Probably the ancient notion is of a sheath made from a split piece of wood (see sheath). A modern medical word; the L. word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1908.
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| the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
vagina [vəˈdʒainə] noun
a woman's sexual/reproductive organ; the passage from the outer sexual organ to the womb
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| vagina
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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. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
vagina [(vuh-jeye-nuh)]
A tubelike passageway in the female that connects the external genitals with the uterus.
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| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Vagina
Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. Vagin[ae]. [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.]1. (Anat.) (a) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein. (b) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca. 3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath. 4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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