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neovagina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌni.oʊ.vəˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/ (General-American)
  • /ˌni.ə.vəˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From neo- + vagina.

Meanings

  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.
    • By means of replacement vaginoplasty techniques, patients can be offered the construction of a functional neovagina. 1996, Fray F. Marshall, Textbook of Operative Urology, Saunders, →ISBN:
    • 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. 1994, Richard Lechtenberg, Dana A. Ohl, Sexual Dysfunction: Neurologic, Urologic, and Gynecologic Aspects, Lea & Febiger, →ISBN, page 368:

Forms

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neovaginas Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

neopenis

Relateds

neovaginoplasty · vaginoplasty

Translations (7)

de Neovagina (surgically crafted vagina) · la neovāgīna (surgically crafted vagina) · pt neovagina (surgically crafted vagina) · sv neovagina (surgically crafted vagina) · da neovagina (surgically crafted vagina) · pl neowagina (surgically crafted vagina) · fr néo-vagin (surgically crafted vagina)