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Vagina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Vagina has 1 sense
- vagina(n = noun.body) Array - 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" is a kind of canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
has parts: arteria vaginalis, vaginal artery, external orifice, urethral orifice, hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
is a part of female reproductive system, fanny, female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals
Derived form adjective vaginal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Vagina, n. [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.].
- A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein. [1913 Webster]
- The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca. [1913 Webster]
- The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath. [1913 Webster]
- The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to issue or arise. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Vagina, n. (pl. vaginas or vaginae)
1 the canal between the uterus and vulva of a woman or other female mammal.
2 a sheath formed round a stem by the base of a leaf.
1 the canal between the uterus and vulva of a woman or other female mammal.
2 a sheath formed round a stem by the base of a leaf.
Derivative
vaginal adj. vaginitis n.
Etymology
L, = sheath, scabbard
THESAURUS
Vagina
Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, canal, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, duct, emunctory, family jewels, female organs, fistula, genitalia, genitals, gonads, intestines, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, meatus, nuts, nymphae, ostium, ovary, oviduct, penis, phallus, pore, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, salpinx, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, thoracic duct, ureter, urethra, uterus, vas, vessel, vulva, womb, yoni
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