VAGINA

(Lat.), n. f. Va2j(wa3g)-in(en)'a3. Gr, eAvrpov. Fr., vag in. Ger., Scheide, Mutters che ide <2d def.). 1. See SHEATH. 2. That part of the parturient canal which serves as the organ of copulation, extending from the vulva backward and somewhat upward to terminate in a blind pouch situated in front of the rectum and slightly to the right of it. Its anterior wall, near its posterior extremity, is pierced by the cervix uteri. When the v. is not distended, its anterior and posterior walls are flattened and in contact with each other. Its anterior wall lodges the urethra. 3. In botany, a sheath, especially a leaf-Sheath, [a, 35.] Double v., Septate v. Lat., v. duplex. A v. divided into two lateral portions by a longitudinal saeptum. [a, 34.] V. bipartita. See Double v.V. cellular is. See ADVENTITIA and EPINEURIUM. V. cord is. See PERICARDIUM. V. femoris. See FASCIA lat a. V. fibros a (tend in is). See Synovial SHEATH. V. Gli oni. See Gli on's CAPSULE. V. humor is vitrei. See Hyaloid MEMBRANE. V. lumbodorsualis. See Lumbar^ FASCIA. V. masculina. See UTERUS masculinus. V. mucilaginosa, V. imicosa. See Synovial SHEATH. V. in iiscu la ri s. See PERIMYSIUM. V. nervi cellulosa, V. nervorum. See PERINEURIUM. V. pili. See Inner rootS HEATH of a hair and Outer root-SHEATH of a hair. V. portae. See Gli on^s CAPSULE. V. proce us styloidei. See Vaginal PROCESS (1st def.). V. radicis pili. See V. pili. V. saepta. See Double v.V. subsaepta. A v. that is double for only a portion of its length. Vaginae synovia les teiidinum, V. tend in is. See Synovial SHEATH. V. ten dinos a cruris. See FASCIA lat a. V. uteri. See V. (2d def.). VAGINAL,, adj. Va2j'ia-n'l. Lat., vaginal is. Fr., v. Pertaining to the vagina or to a sheath, ensheathing. The Vagina les of Linnaeus are an order of plants consisting of Polygonum, Rheum, Rumex, etc. [a, 35.] [s. 685]