vagina

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To get over it, go out and get one to rail you like your vagina is the last one on the planet.

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  1. noun Anatomy The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
  2. noun Anatomy A similar part in some invertebrates.
  3. noun Botany A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.

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  • Let's just start with the word vagina -- vagina, vagina. —  Eve Ensler: happiness in body and soul
  • Because the vagina is an odorless organ it does not generate smells, so if washing the vagina is not done properly then odor can rise. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • However they do indicate that if a woman is to use HRT, 'then a cyclic combined regimen should be preferred and that application via the skin or the vagina is associated with a decreased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack)'. —  IrishHealth.com
  • But the main message is that when hormone therapy is indicated for a woman, then a cyclic combined regimen should be preferred, and that application via the skin or the vagina is associated with a decreased risk of myocardial infarction. —  innovations-report
  • But women often wonder, "How am I to know whether my vagina is a pig in a blanket or a hallway?" —  Portland Mercury
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  1. Latin vāgīna, sheath.

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  1. = French vagin, from New Latin vagina, from Latin vagina, a sheath, covering, sheath of a scabbard, ear of grain, etc., hull, husk, vagina.
 

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/vəˈdʒaɪnə/
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