vagino-, vagin-
(Latin: originally, "sheath, scabbard, the husk of grain"; in medical science, the vagina or lowest part of the female genital tract, the canal that leads from the vulva to the uterus)
An endoscope that is used in vaginoscopy: A vaginoscope is a vaginal speculum with an instrument for opening or distending a body orifice or cavity to permit visual medical inspection.
A veterinary or medical procedure involving the inspection of the vaginal canal and cervix: Joleen learned that a vaginoscopy was a medical examination of the vagina, usually by means of an endoscope instead of a traditional endoscope.
The surgical incision of the opening of the vagina: colpotomy: The procedure of a vaginotomy is necessary to investigate abscesses or for vaginal operations.
vaginovesical (adjective) (not comparable;
A reference to, or pertaining to, or communicating with the vagina and the bladder; vesicovaginal: It was interesting to learn that a vaginovesical fistula can develop between the vagina and the bladder and can lead into an involuntary urine leakage.
vaginovulvar (adjective) (not comparable)
Concerning both the vagina and the volva: Dr.Smar,the gynecologist, told Ivy that the vaginovulvar area was a bit infected and that she needed some medication to alleviate her suffering.
In botany, a little covering or sheath found on the stalks of mosses: A vaginula is the rest of the female sex organ of the moss which is the base of the stem of the spore capsule, after the upper part had been removed.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; ventricul-.
