vagina(n = noun.body) - 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"
is a kind of canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
is a part of female reproductive system, fanny, female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals
has parts: arteria vaginalis, vaginal artery, external orifice, urethral orifice, hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
Derived form adjective vaginal1
1. A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein. [1913 Webster]
2. The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca. [1913 Webster]
3. The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath. [1913 Webster]
4. The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to issue or arise. [1913 Webster]
vagina, n. (pl. vaginas or vaginae)
1 the canal between the uterus and vulva of a woman or other female mammal.
2 a sheath formed round a stem by the base of a leaf.
Derivative:
vaginal adj. vaginitis n.
Etymology:
L, = sheath, scabbard