Meanings
plural introitus vaginarum · alternative introitus vaginae
- anatomyThe entrance to the vagina.
Your women get hysterectomies, their introitus vaginae tightened, and take estrogen to begin again. I don’t know what you men do.
1978, Arnold J. Mandell, Coming of Middle Age: A Journey, Summit Books, →ISBN, page 143, →ISBN1 more example
A great many prostitutes can contract their introitus vaginæ at will, and you will find the action of a hypertrophied ring, constrictor cunni, around the outlet of the vagina, and in a great many prostitutes you will find prolapse, too.
1909, Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society, W. Wood & Co., page 56Synonyms: vaginal introitus, vaginal opening
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe entrance to the vagina.
Origin
- Latinintroitus vāgīnæ“entrance of [a/the] vagina”
- Englishintroitus vaginæ
From Latin introitus vāgīnæ (“entrance of [a/the] vagina”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Icelandic leggangamunni
- leggangamunnithe entrance to the vagina
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