vagina
noun
Simple meaning
A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
vəˈdʒaɪnə
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Definition
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noun
anatomy
A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
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.”
zootomy
A similar part in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
Used this way, vagina is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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- “The vagina receives the penis during coitus.”noun
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Compound terms
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The space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra.
Related words
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Of or relating to the vagina.
A branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum.
Discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina.
A branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum.
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