Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the entrance leading into a canal or cavity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The entrance to a
hollow organ orcanal ; often specifically the entrance to thevagina . - noun music A piece of
music played before amass ; a musicalintroduction of any sort. - noun Alternative spelling of
introit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The opening to the vagina is called the introitus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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The opening to the vagina is called the introitus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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The opening to the vagina is called the introitus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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The opening to the vagina is called the introitus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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He takes a small amount of lubrication and strokes from her introitus through her labia and lands his finger on the upper left quadrant of her clitoris.
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It's nto the pressure, its the stretching (and sometimes, I'm afraid) tearing od the delciate tissues at the introitus that causes the most discomfort.
Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007
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They walked into the backyard and there was Jimmy giving Jezebel's swollen, oozing introitus long slow licks while the bitch's flanks heaved and her tongue lapped at the air.
Puppy Love 2009
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For anxious patients and little old ladies, I apply lidocaine jelly to the introitus a few minutes before the exam (Step out and see another patient while it does it's job).
Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007
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It includes the labia majora (outer lips), the labia minora (small, inner lips), and the introitus (vaginal opening) with its mucus-producing glands.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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The vagina is a stretchy, tube-like structure that extends from the vaginal opening (introitus) to the cervix (the opening of the uterus).
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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