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vaginal, a. and n.|vəˈdʒaɪnəl, ˈvædʒɪnəl|
[f. prec. + -al1. Cf. F. vaginal (1762), Pg. vaginal.]
A. adj.
1. a. Anat. and Med. Of the nature of, having the form or function of, a sheath; serving as a sheath. vaginal process, a process or apophysis of the lower portion of the temporal bone, partially enclosing the styloid process.
1726Monro Anatomy 164 The Cavity between the Zygomatic, Auditory and vaginal Process. 1767Phil. Trans. LVII. 295 The vaginal coat of the testicle. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 55 A bony lamina, called the vaginal process.., which forms the posterior limit of the glenoid cavity. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. 80 A sharp ridge runs inwards and forwards from the root of the styloid process. This ridge is termed the vaginal process. 1899Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Vaginal coat of the eye, capsule of Tenon. Ibid., Vaginal tunic.
b. Bot. = vaginant a.
1857Henfrey Bot. §75 The vaginal petiolar region is more or less distinctly evident in many Monocotyledonous leaves.
2. a. Of, pertaining to, or affecting the vagina. vaginal smear: see smear n. 3 b.
1825Good Study Med. (ed. 2) V. 156 marg., The vaginal polypus sometimes dispersed by stimulants and astringents. 1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 314 The Uterine and Vaginal arteries of the female are derived from the internal iliac, or Ischiatic arteries. 1855Ramsbotham Obstet. Med. & Surg. 36 The vaginal canal becomes much contracted in advanced life. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 688 Vaginal and labial hernia may be mistaken for the mucous cysts of those parts.
b. Of instruments: Used in dealing with, or operating on, the vagina.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2687/2 Vaginal speculum. Ibid., Vaginal syringe. 1895Arnold & Sons' Surg. Instr. Catal. 411 Vaginal and uterine instruments.
B. n. A vaginal artery or muscle.
1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 52 Sim's instrument, on the other hand, elevates the posterior vaginal.
Hence vaˈginally adv., via the vagina; in the vagina.
1929Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. XVIII. 245 We are very slow to examine primiparae vaginally. 1966Masters & Johnson Human Sexual Response ix. 137 A subjective awareness of tachycardia described frequently as feeling the heartbeat vaginally. 1979Nature 6 Sept. 15/1 The new compounds seem to produce fewer gastrointestinal side effects and can be given intramuscularly, vaginally or orally. 1982‘D. Shannon’ Motive on Record iii. 53 She'd been raped vaginally and anally. |