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Synonyms for vagina

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vuh-jahy-nuh
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈdʒaɪ nə

Définition of vagina

Origin :
  • 1680s, from Latin vagina "sheath, scabbard" (plural vaginae), from PIE *wag-ina- (cf. Lithuanian voziu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from root *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 Latin word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1908.
  • noun vulva
Example sentences :
  • It consists of a discharge from the Vagina, or the Uterus through the Vagina.
  • Extract from : « Private Sex Advice to Women » by R. B. Armitage
  • The internal organs of generation consist in the female of the Vagina, the Uterus, the Ovaries and their appendages.
  • Extract from : « Fruits of Philosophy » by Charles Knowlton
  • It is connected with the Vagina, and opens into it by the small orifice called the mouth of the womb.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • They are two broad folds of membranous and adipose substance, forming the portals to the Vulva, or entrance to the Vagina.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • This is the external opening, or mouth of the Vagina, through which the child has to pass at the termination of delivery.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • The upper part of the Vagina is much larger than the lower part, particularly in those who have borne children.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • This rising of the womb makes the Vagina longer, and brings the neck of the womb nearer to its centre.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • On making an examination, the mouth of the Womb itself may now be felt, at the upper part of the Vagina, and far back.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • The part below the lower line here, shows that part of the neck which is contained in the Vagina.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick
  • The membranes may also be felt protruding into the Vagina, and distended, like a bladder.
  • Extract from : « The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed » by Frederick Hollick

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