vagina
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vagina /vəˈdʒʌɪnə/
▶noun (pl. vaginas or vaginae /-niː/)
- 1 the muscular tube leading from the vulva to the cervix in women and most female mammals.
- 2 Botany a sheath formed round a stem by the base of a leaf.
– derivatives
vaginal adjective,
vaginally adverb.
vaginal adjective,
vaginally adverb.
– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘sheath, scabbard’.
'vagina' also found in these Oxford entries:
artificial insemination
- Bartholin's gland
- colposcope
- douche
- episiotomy
- female condom
- fist
- gonorrhoea
- G-spot
- hymen
- intromission
- invagination
- leucorrhoea
- penetrate
- pessary
- sexual intercourse
- show
- sponge
- suppository
- tampon
- vaginismus
- vaginitis
- vanilla
- vulva
