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va⋅gi⋅na

  [vuh-jahy-nuh]
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–noun, plural -nas, -nae  [-nee] .
1. Anatomy, Zoology.
a. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct.
b. a sheathlike part or organ.
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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va·gi·na   (və-jī'nə)   
n.   pl. va·gi·nas or va·gi·nae (-nē)
  1. Anatomy
    1. The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
    2. A similar part in some invertebrates.
  2. Botany A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.

[Latin vāgīna, sheath.]
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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.
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German: die Scheide,
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vagina [(vuh-jeye-nuh)]

A tubelike passageway in the female that connects the external genitals with the uterus.

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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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Main Entry: va·gi·na
Pronunciation: v&-'jI-n&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural va·gi·nae /-(")nE/ or va·gi·nas
: a canal in a female mammal that leads from the uterus to the external orifice opening into the vestibule between the labia minora
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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vagina va·gi·na (və-jī'nə)
n. pl. va·gi·nas or va·gi·nae (-nē)

  1. The genital canal in the female, leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus.
  2. A sheathlike anatomical structure.

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vagina   (və-jī'nə)  Pronunciation Key 
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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