introitus vaginæ
See also: introitus vaginae
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin introitus vāgīnæ (“entrance of [a/the] vagina”)
Pronunciation
- singular
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- homographic plural
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Noun
introitus vaginæ (plural introitus vaginæ or introitus vaginarum)
- (anatomy) The entrance to the vagina.
- 1909: Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society (W. Wood & Co.), page 56:
- 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.
- 1978: Arnold J. Mandell, Coming of Middle Age: A Journey (Summit Books; →ISBN, →ISBN), page 143:
- Your women get hysterectomies, their introitus vaginae tightened, and take estrogen to begin again. I don’t know what you men do.
- 1909: Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society (W. Wood & Co.), page 56:
Usage notes
- The logical plural form of this Latinate phrase is introitus vaginarum — introitūs (“entrances”) vaginarum (“of vaginæ”) — and not introitus vaginæ — introitūs (“entrances”) vaginæ (“of a vagina”), since a single vagina does not have multiple entrances (extraordinary cases notwithstanding).
Translations
the entrance to the vagina
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