It terminates below in the neck or cervix, which is prolonged into the vagina as a projection, called the vaginal portion of the uterus.
Defn: To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
Defn: Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
Defn: Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
Defn: A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Obstetrics) Defn: In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
It is impossible to say whether this specimen was intended for rectal or vaginal use.
We have little difficulty in recognizing among the instruments found in Pompeii three of the vaginal specula referred to in these passages.
Women who do not suffer from leuchorrhea need not take a vaginal douche more than once a week; after the menstrual flow the vaginal injection is advised to remove the detritus of the flow.
Leuchorrhea, or "whites," is a mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the vagina; it may be a symptom of uterine or vaginal disease.
The hymen consists of a thin duplicature of mucous membrane strengthened by fibrous tissue, and is stretched across the posterior part of the vaginal orifice, which it partly occludes.
The same is true of any offensive vaginal discharge.
Great gentleness and care must be exercised by the husband if it does not readily yield, the use of hot vaginal injections should be kept up for several weeks before the trial is repeated.
The urethra, or excretory duct of the bladder, is about an inch and a half long, and lies firmly imbedded in the anterior vaginal wall.
Young and delicate children may suffer from a vaginal discharge, with swelling of the external genitals, simulating an attempt at rape.
Perforation of the vaginal walls, bladder, cervix, or uterus, may follow their use.
The tail of the female is blunt, the vaginal outlet being placed at a very short distance from its extremity, and a little above or in front of the anus.
In the fluke here drawn I have accurately represented every winding of the duct, from its vaginal outlet above to its termination, where it is joined by the ovarian and vitelligene ducts in the ordinary way.
January 20 was the earliest recorded date for a female with a vaginal orifice.
The smallest female having a vaginal orifice weighed 160 grams, but in most instances somewhat larger size is attained before the onset of oestrus.
Presence of a vaginal orifice was used as an indication of sexual activity.
Of 35 adult and subadult females examined by Fitch in October, eleven had a vaginal orifice, the latest on October 18.
In oestrus the genitalia are enlarged and discolored and the vaginal orifice is prominent and gaping.
This last treatment often strengthens the vaginal muscles whose yielding has at least partially been the cause of the falling womb.
It is located about an inch below the Clitoris and is just above the Vaginal Orifice.
Then, proceeding upward and backward from the Vaginal Orifice, we find the Vagina, or channel or canal leading to the Uterus or Womb; then we find the Uterus or Womb at the upper end of the canal or channel of the Vagina.
Some have also found relief from the use of alum-water vaginal injections once or twice each day.
A vaginal douche of lukewarm water is an excellent adjunct to the bathing of the parts.
In the early stages of labor, the uterine muscles are brought into play; but when the fetus enters into the vaginal passage the abdominal muscles manifest their energy.
This congestion, together with the contact of the acrid vaginal discharge, finally produces ulceration upon the neck, together with other diseases.
To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
One point of the glass had penetrated the bladder and a calculus had formed on this as well as on the vaginal end.
Bader has observed grave symptoms following the employment of a vaginal suppository containing three grains of the extract of belladonna.
Hofmokl also describes the case of a young girl with an undeveloped vagina, absence of the uterus and adnexa, who during a forcible and unsuccessful attempt at coitus, had her left labium majus torn from the vaginal wall.
There have been cases reported in which the recto-vaginal septum has been ruptured, as well as the perineum and the sphincter ani, giving all the appearance of a birth by the anus.
Metal is always attacked by the vaginal secretions in the most marked manner.
Prolapsus or displacement of the ovaries into the culdesac of Douglas, the vaginal wall, or into the rectum can be readily ascertained by the resulting sense of nausea, particularly in defecation or in coitus.
When a foreign body remains in the vagina for a long time and if it is composed of material other than glass, it becomes influenced by the corrosive action of the vaginal secretion.
After washing this mass it was found to be a portion of the vaginal parietes and the fleshy body of the neck of the uterus.
The accompanying illustrations show the conformation of the parts before operation with all the appearance of ill-developed male genitalia, and the appearance afterward with restitution of the vaginal opening.
He described a young lady who had no vaginal opening, but who regularly menstruated by the rectum.
The diagnosis was made before operation by vaginal examination.
In the last century Plazzoni reports a case ofvaginal rupture occurring during coitus.
The chapters on Vaginal and Abdominal Massage, and particularly that on Artificial Hyperemia and Anemia, are extremely valuable to the practitioner.
Worse still, if the edge of the broken bone projects internally as a sharp spike or ridge, the vaginal walls are cut upon it during the passage of the calf, with serious or fatal result.
During pregnancy this is common from chronic relaxation of the vaginal walls and from lying in stalls that are lower behind than in front.
Simple, superficial lacerations of the vaginal walls are not usually serious, and heal readily unless septic inflammation sets in, in which case the cow is liable to perish.
No, it did not, nor had each of his myriad raptures of vaginal penetration in his sordid past indicated that the ecstasy he was experiencing in his groins would transcend into a meaningful companionship beyond sexual gymnastics.
On rectal or vaginal examination there is localised tenderness over the pelvic aspect of the acetabulum, and in some cases a convex projection, or even crepitating fragments can be detected.
The displaced bones may be palpated through the skin, or by vaginal or rectal examination.
The fragments may sometimes be felt on rectal orvaginal examination.
In females there is sometimes pain in the ovary, tenderness and swelling of the mamma, and a vaginal discharge.
The most important part which every woman should learn in the methods of preventing conception, is to cleanse herself thoroughly by means of the vaginal douche.
But as the semen can hide itself away in the wrinkled lining of the vaginal cavity, the cold water will only impede its progress for a time.
Chinosol is highly recommended as a vaginal douche, as being less injurious to the membranes than bi-chloride.
Potassium Permanganate--This also makes a good solution, especially where there is a vaginal discharge.
In young heifers and sows, the flank operation is preferred, and in mares and cows, the vaginal operation.
If the vaginal operation is performed, the mare or cow may be confined in stocks.
Finally, glowing-hot iron, the galvano-cautery, or the knife and scissors remove partially or entirely the vaginal portion.
Ulcers of the os and the vaginal portion, which had resulted from inflammation and induration, some as large as a dollar, and of a gangrenous character, were healed by the use of gold, without any topical applications.
The second case was an unmarried woman at the climacteric, the vaginal portion of whose uterus showed an induration which disappeared during the administration of chloride of gold.
There is no good reason for the use of the vaginal douche during pregnancy.
The sign of this disease is a yellow-white vaginal discharge, while the surrounding skin covering the inside of the thighs and buttocks may be very much reddened.
Do not take a vaginal douche unless it has been ordered by your physician, and even then make sure that the force of the flow of water is very gentle.
The above Syringe has a patent tube known as the vaginal cleanser.
Vaginal injections are just as important as the bath.
Those not accustomed to use vaginal injections would do well to use water milk-warm at the commencement; after this the temperature may be varied according to circumstances.
Pierce says: "The transportation is aided by the ciliary processes (little hairs) of the mucous surface of the vaginal and uterine walls, as well as by its own vibratile movements.
After this accident, we were able to prosecute the examination we desired, and Mr. Tegg showed us a row of little glandular swellings on the ridge of the gums, and livid spots on the vaginal mucous membrane, which confirmed his diagnosis.
But some women prefer a weak antiseptic vaginal wash, as they do a weak antiseptic mouth wash.
Assuming the rubber pessary fits properly, as it will if skilfully selected and applied in the first instance by a competent medical practitioner, then the seminal fluid must remain in the lower part of the vaginal passage.
Through the vaginal orifice access is gained to the interior of the vagina, a tubular structure, but flattened from before backwards, so that in the quiescent state the anterior and posterior walls of the passage are in apposition.
When we attempt to pass from the vaginal orifice to the internal reproductive organs, we find that in the virgin an obstacle exists, the hymen or maidenhead, consisting of a duplicature of the mucous membrane.
It is very variable in form, but in the great majority of instances it diminishes the size of the vaginal inlet to such an extent as to render coitus impossible until the hymen has been torn.
Under the influence of such stimuli, the venus plexuses making up the vaginal bulbs also become distended with blood.
But, quite independently of defloration, in the child the vaginal orifice is much smaller than in the riper girl.
Posteriorly to the clitoris, and beneath the mucous membrane on either side, is an additional mass of erectile tissue, known as the vaginal bulb, or bulb of the vestibule.
After defloration its remnants persist in the form of small prominences around the margin of the vaginal inlet (carunculæ myrtiformes).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vaginal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: genital; ovarian; seminal; spermatic; uterine; vaginal
