Vagina

vā-jī′na, n. ( an at. ) the canal or pa age which leads from the external orifice to the uterus, a sheath, case: the upper part of the pedestal of a terminus: ( bot. ) a leaf-stalk when it becomes thin and rolls round the stem to which it then forms a stalk, as in gra es.— adjs. Vag′inal ; Vag′inant ( bot. ), investing as a sheath; Vag′ināte , -d ( bot. ), invested by the tubular base of a leaf or leaf-stalk, as a stem: denoting a certain order of sheathed polypes; Vaginic′oline , Vaginic′olous , living in a vagina; Vaginif′erous , bearing a vagina; Vag in i penn′ate , Vagi no penn′ous , sheath-winged.— ns. Vaginis′mus , spasmodic contraction of the vagina; Vaginī′tis , inflammation of the vagina; Vaginot′omy , cutting of the vagina; Vagin′ūla , Vag′inule , a diminutive vagina.— adj. Vagin′ulate , having a vaginula, sheathed. [L., 'a sheath.']