VAGINA (vaginae)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: vaginae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vagina mean? 

• VAGINA (noun)
  The noun VAGINA has 1 sense:

1. the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus

  Familiarity information: VAGINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAGINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus

Hypernyms ("vagina" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Meronyms (parts of "vagina"):

arteria vaginalis; vaginal artery (a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum)

external orifice; urethral orifice (the orifice through which urine is discharged)

hymen; maidenhead; virginal membrane (a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin)

Holonyms ("vagina" is a part of...):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

Derivation:

vaginal (of or relating to the vagina)

 Context examples 

Besides bleeding from the vagina, you may have: • Abdominal or pelvic cramping • Lower back pain • Bloating and sore breasts • Food cravings • Mood swings and irritability • Headache and fatigue

(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

An adenocarcinoma of the cervix or the vagina arising from mesonephric remnants.

(Mesonephric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the vagina from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Vagina, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs of a miscarriage can include vaginal spotting or bleeding, abdominal pain or cramping, and fluid or tissue passing from the vagina.

(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

The normal physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and mucosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus.

(Menstruation, NCI Thesaurus)

A lighted magnifying instrument used to check the cervix, vagina, and vulva for signs of disease.

(Colposcope, NCI Dictionary)

Removal of tissue from the vagina or cervix by the use of a colposcope.

(Colposcopic Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which a lighted, magnifying instrument called a colposcope is used to examine the cervix, vagina, and vulva.

(Colposcopy, NCI Dictionary)

Surgery to remove most, but not all, of the vulva (the external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips, and the opening to the vagina).

(Modified radical vulvectomy, NCI Dictionary)

It may arise from the large and small intestine, appendix, stomach, lung, ovary, breast, corpus uteri, cervix, vagina, and salivary gland.

(Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)