Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Superior in respect of a sheath or sheathing membrane.
- Situated above the vagina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
situated or pertaining to being above thevagina
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Examples
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The supravaginal portion (portio supravaginalis [cervicis]) is separated in front from the bladder by fibrous tissue (parametrium), which extends also on to its sides and lateralward between the layers of the broad ligaments.
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The cervix projects through the anterior wall of the vagina, which divides it into an upper, supravaginal portion, and a lower, vaginal portion.
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It forms the bottom of a deep pouch called the rectouterine excavation, which is bounded in front by the posterior wall of the uterus, the supravaginal cervix, and the posterior fornix of the vagina; behind, by the rectum; and laterally by two crescentic folds of peritoneum which pass backward from the cervix uteri on either side of the rectum to the posterior wall of the pelvis.
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Posteriorly, the supravaginal cervix is covered by peritoneum, which is prolonged below on to the posterior vaginal wall, when it is reflected on to the rectum, forming the rectouterine excavation.
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