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vagina

/vəˈdʒaɪnə/
/vəˈdʒaɪnə/
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Other forms: vaginas; vaginae

The vagina is a canal-like area in women stretching from the uterus to the labia. Vaginas are pretty important, since they're crucial for birth and sex.

A vagina is an opening in a woman's body that goes back to her uterus. In sex, the man's penis goes into the vagina. In birth, the baby comes out of the vagina. That makes vaginas pretty crucial to life. Without a vagina, there'd be no babies in the womb, and even if there were, they'd have no way to get out of the womb and be born.

Definitions of vagina
  1. noun
    the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
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    type of:
    canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
    a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
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