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Vagina

Vagina \Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. Vagin[ae]. [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.]

  1. (Anat.)

    1. A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.

    2. Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.

  3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.

  4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
vagina

"sexual passage of the female from the vulva to the uterus," 1680s, medical Latin, from specialized use of Latin vagina "sheath, scabbard, covering; sheath of an ear of grain, hull, husk" (plural vaginae), from PIE *wag-ina- (cognates: Lithuanian vožiu "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 1902.

Wiktionary
vagina

n. 1 (context anatomy English) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. 2 (context zoology English) A similar part in some invertebrates. 3 (context botany English) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. 4 (context colloquial English) The vulva.

WordNet
vagina
  1. n. 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"

  2. [also: vaginae (pl)]

Wikipedia
Vagina

The vagina is a muscular and tubular part of the female genital tract, which in humans extends from the vulva to the cervix. The outer vaginal opening may be partly covered by a membrane called the hymen. At the deep end, the cervix (neck of the uterus) bulges into the vagina. The vagina allows for sexual intercourse and childbirth, and channels menstrual flow, which occurs periodically as part of the menstrual cycle.

More is known about the vagina in humans than in other animals. Its location and structure varies among species, and may vary in size within the same species. Unlike mammalian males, who usually have the external urethral opening as the only opening for urination and reproduction, mammalian females usually have the urethral opening for urination and the vaginal opening for the genital tract. The vaginal opening is much larger than the nearby urethral opening, and both are protected by the labia in humans. In amphibians, birds, reptiles and monotremes, the cloaca is the single external opening for the gastrointestinal tract and the urinary and reproductive tracts.

With regard to sexual activity, vaginal moisture is increased during sexual arousal for both human females and other female mammals. This is by way of vaginal lubrication, which reduces friction and allows for smoother penetration of the vagina during sexual activity. The texture of the vaginal walls creates friction for the penis during sexual intercourse and stimulates it toward ejaculation, enabling fertilization. Along with pleasure and bonding, sexual behavior among women (which may include heterosexual or lesbian sexual activity) can also come with the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in which case safe sex practices are recommended. Certain disorders may also affect the human vagina.

Cultural perceptions of the vagina have persisted throughout history, ranging from viewing the vagina as the focus of sexual desire, a metaphor for life via birth, inferior to the penis, or as visually unappealing or otherwise vulgar. In common speech, the word vagina is often incorrectly used to refer to the vulva, which can impact knowledge of the female genitalia.

Vagina (disambiguation)

The vagina is an internal sex organ in females.

Vagina may also refer to:

In anatomy:

  • The vagina of the portal vein.
  • Vagina tendinis, the fibrous sheath around tendons:
    • Called a vagina fibrosa when solid
    • Called a vagina mucosa when it contains a fluid-filled cavity around the tendon
  • Vagina bulbi, bulbar vagina, the sheath of the eyeball
  • Vagina musculi recti abdominis, rectus sheath
  • Vagina processus styloidei, sheath of styloid process

In publishing:

  • Vagina (journal), an American lesbian magazine in the 1970s
  • Vagina: A New Biography, the autobiography of Naomi Wolf

In geography:

  • Vagina, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
  • Vagina, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
  • Wagina Island, Solomon Islands

Usage examples of "vagina".

Hulke reports a case of congenital atresia of the vagina in a brunette of twenty, menstruation occurring through the urethra.

He also mentions the instance of congenital atresia of the vagina with hernia of both ovaries into the left groin in a servant of twenty, and the case of an imperforate vagina in a girl of nineteen with an undeveloped uterus.

The openings we thought were their vaginas are almost dorsal, with the cloacal openings toward the front.

Mathieson relates the history of the delivery of a living ectopic child by the vagina, with recovery of the mother.

I only once ejaculated in a vagina -- that accidentally -- and made her douche immediately.

Add to the fact that the natural swelling and lubrication around the vagina slow after you age, and loss of libido represents the female equivalent of erectile dysfunction.

The statues of Christ were equipped with a phallus for fellatio by both the men and the women, and also for insertion into the vagina of the women and the anus of the men.

Ten minutes later I was walking across town, past all the UN checkpoints and security points, with a vial of Chaga fullerenes slid into my vagina.

The fundus presses forcibly against the rectum, while the upper part of the vagina bends abruptly and forms an acute angle near the mouth of the uterus.

A similar instrument found by Gosselin had remained in the vagina thirty-six years, and was incrustated with calcareous salts.

To obtain the necessary result one had to employ a cylindrical machine covered with extremely soft skin, thick enough to fill the opening of the vagina, and long enough to reach the opening of the reservoir or case containing the foetus.

Since then her kidney function is fully restored, her liver is 70 per-cent functional and improving rapidly, the vagina has been fully relined and the atrophied right lung has been absorbed with regrowth started.

Maui, the Polynesian hero, tried to be reborn by slipping into the vagina of Great Sleeping Hina, then working his way through her body and out her mouth.

Dried blood was found around the entrance to the vagina, as well as hyperemia, or engorged blood vessels, indicating possible trauma in the tissue around and just inside the vagina.

But her other vaginas, between her eyes and on each palm, had also gone labile, their tissues swollen and flushed.