English

Alternative forms

• introitus vaginae

Noun

introitus vaginæ ‎(plural introitus vaginæ or introitus vaginarum)

1. (anatomy) The entrance to the ****.
   • 1909: Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society (W. Wood & Co.), page 56:

     A great many prostitutes can contract their introitus vaginæ at will, and you will find the action of a hypertrophied ring, constrictor cunni, around the outlet of the ****, and in a great many prostitutes you will find prolapse, too.

   • 1978: Arnold J. Mandell, Coming of Middle Age: A Journey (Summit Books; ISBN-10: 0671400088, ISBN-13: 9780671400088), page 143:

     Your women get hysterectomies, their introitus vaginae tightened, and take estrogen to begin again. I don’t know what you men do.

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Usage notes

• The logical plural form of this Latinate phrase is introitus vaginarum — introitūs ‎(“entrances”) vaginarum ‎(“of vaginæ”) — and not introitus vaginæ — introitūs ‎(“entrances”) vaginæ ‎(“of a ****”), since a single **** does not have multiple entrances (extraordinary cases notwithstanding).