vagina
n. countablen. the muscular tube in a woman's body that connects the outer sex organs to the uterus. It is the path through which babies are born and where blood leaves the body during a period.
n. the muscular, elastic canal extending from the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals. It serves as the organ of copulation and the birth canal during parturition.
The doctor explained how the vagina changes during pregnancy.
Medical students must learn the precise anatomical structures of the vagina to understand reproductive health and childbirth.
The acidic environment within the vagina is maintained by beneficial bacteria, which serve as a primary defense mechanism against various pathogenic infections.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīnalbor. English vagina Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”).
In medical contexts, it refers specifically to the internal canal, though it is frequently used in general speech to refer to the female genitals as a whole.