vagino-
1
a combining form representing vagina, in compound words:
vaginotomy.
Also, especially before a vowel, vagin-.
1755 Johnson, Ladybird, a small red insect vaginopennous.
1825 Good StudyMed. (ed. 2) V. 154Vagino-vesical prolapse. Prolapse of the vagina dragging the bladder along with it.
1866 J. M. Sims UterineSurg. 33Dr. Routh..has detected pregnancy..by means of his vaginoscope.
1949 New Gould Med. Dict. 1114/2*Vaginoplasty, a plastic operation on the vagina.
1969 Arch. Surg. 98 716/3A method for vaginoplasty is described in which a V-shaped full-thickness skin flap is used to fill a corresponding defect in the posterior wall of the vagina.
1994 I. Welsh Acid House 30These were penectomy, castration, plastic reconstruction and vaginoplasty, the formation of an artificial vagina, constructed by creating a cavity between the prostate and the rectum. [ stages]
2000 BJU Internat. 86 253In 20 patients the vaginoplasty was a one-stage procedure, undertaken at a mean (range) age of 3.6 (1–9) years, and in five patients a two-stage operation.
vagino-
Prefix
- Used to form terms relating to the vagina.
Etymology
Latin vāgīna + -o-.