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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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Cultural Dictionary

vagina [(vuh-jeye-nuh)]

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

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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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
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Medical Dictionary

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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