neovagina

English

Etymology

neo- + vagina

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌni.oʊ.vəˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/, /ˌni.ə.vəˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

neovagina (plural neovaginas)

  1. A surgically crafted vagina, as of a trans woman who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or any woman who lacked a vagina due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.
    Coordinate term: neopenis
    • 1994, Richard Lechtenberg; Dana A. Ohl, Sexual Dysfunction: Neurologic, Urologic, and Gynecologic Aspects, Lea & Febiger, →ISBN, page 368:
      Patients with a neovagina are more likely to engage in sexual activity, and as many as 50 percent of them report a capacity for orgasm.
    • 1996, Fray F. Marshall, Textbook of Operative Urology, Saunders, →ISBN:
      By means of replacement vaginoplasty techniques, patients can be offered the construction of a functional neovagina.

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