vagina

[ vuh-jahy-nuh ]

noun

, plural va·gi·nas, va·gi·nae [v, uh, -, jahy, -nee].

1. Anatomy, Zoology.
   1. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct.
   2. a sheathlike part or organ.
2. Botany. the sheath formed by the basal part of certain leaves where they embrace the stem.

vagina

/ vəˈdʒaɪnə /

noun

1. the moist canal in most female mammals, including humans, that extends from the cervix of the uterus to an external opening between the labia minora
2. anatomy biology any sheath or sheathlike structure, such as a leaf base that encloses a stem

vagina

/ və-jī′nə /

1. 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.

vagina

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

Derived Forms

• vagˈinal, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vagina¹

1675–85; < New Latin; Latin vāgīna sheath

Word History and Origins

Origin of vagina¹

C17: from Latin: sheath

Example Sentences

Forceps were used to remove a tampon which had become wedged inside Ms Hand's vagina.

From BBC

He told them Black and Latino voters didn’t support Kamala Harris because she has a “vagina and uterus,” and claimed that Latino voters who support Trump want to be white.

From Los Angeles Times

The teacher — whom the district has not publicly identified, but whom the commentator on X named as Maximiliano C. Perez — told his students that Black and Latino voters did not support Kamala Harris because she has “a vagina and uterus” and that Latino voters who support Trump want to be white.

From Los Angeles Times

Within two hours of her arrival on Sept. 3, an ultrasound confirmed “bulging membranes in the vagina with the fetal head in the open cervix,” dilated at 8.9 cm, and that she had low amniotic fluid.

From Salon

Most commonly caused by childbirth, prolapse occurs when pelvic organs that serve as walls supporting the vagina collapse, like the cervix or the uterus.

From Salon

Related Words

• genitals