vaginal
UK /vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/ · US /ˈvæd͡ʒ.ən.əl/ adjective
- adjective (relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina. “You may have a vaginal birth, C-section, or surrogacy; it's up to you.”
- adjective (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to a theca.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin vāgīnālis, from vāgīna (“a covering, sheath; the vagina”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to vagina + -al.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
Etymology [Cf. F. vaginal.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “vaginal”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details