leggöng

Icelandic

Etymology

From leg (“uterus”) +‎ göng (“passage; tunnel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɣ.køyŋk/

Noun

leggöng n pl (plural only, genitive plural legganga)

1. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonyms: skeið, slíður

Declension

Declension of leggöng (pl-only neuter, based on göng)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	leggöng	leggöngin
accusative	leggöng	leggöngin
dative	leggöngum	leggöngunum
genitive	legganga	legganganna

Derived terms

Terms derived from leggöng (“a vagina”)

• afturhluti leggangahvolfs (“pars posterior fornicis vaginae”)
• afturveggur legganga (“paries posterior vaginae”)
• bifhærð þekjufruma forleggangahluta (“epitheliocytus ciliatus portionis prevaginalis”)
• blöðru- og leggangafistill (“vesicovaginal fistula, fistula vesico-vaginalis”)
• einföld stuðlaþekja forleggangahluta (“epithelium simplex columnare portionis prevaginalis”)
• endaþarms- og leggangafistill (“fistula recto-vaginalis, rectovaginal fistula”)
• endaþarms- og leggangalögun (“proctocolpoplasty”)
• endaþarms- og leggangaskipt (“septum rectovaginale”)
• flögulagþekja leggangahluta (“epithelium stratificatum squamosum portionis vaginalis”)
• flögulagþekja leggangaslímu (“epithelium stratificatum squamosum tunicae mucosae vaginae”)
• forleggangahluti legháls (“portio prevaginalis cervicis”)
• framhluti leggangahvolfs (“pars anterior fornicis vaginae”)
• framveggur legganga (“paries anterior vaginae”)
• hjáleggangaeitlar (“nodi lymphatici paravaginales”)
• hliðlægur hluti leggangahvolfs (“pars lateralis fornicis vaginae”)
• hyrnilaus þekja leggangaslímu (“epithelium non-cornificatum tunicae mucosae vaginae”)
• hyrniþekja leggangaslímu (“epithelium cornescens tunicae mucosae vaginae”)
• klyfta- og leggangavöðvi (“musculus pubovaginalis”)
• langlag vöðvahjúps legganga (“stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis vaginae”)
• leggangaandargróf (“fossa vestibuli vaginae”)
• leggangabláæðaflækja (“plexus venosus vaginalis”)
• leggangablóðgúll (“hematocolpos”)
• leggangafesting (“colpopexy, vaginapexy, vaginofixation”)
• leggangagraftargúll (“pyocolpocele”)
• leggangagrátur (“vagitus vaginalis”)
• leggangagrenndarbólga (“paracolpitis, paravaginitis, pericolpitis, perivaginitis”)
• leggangagröftur (“pyocolpos”)
• leggangahaull (“colpocele, coleocele, vaginocele, cystocele vaginalis”)
• leggangahaull (“vaginal hernia”)
• leggangahluti legháls (“portio vaginalis cervicis”)
• leggangahluti legs (“portio vaginalis uteri”)
• leggangahringrás (“vaginal cycle, cyclus vaginalis”)
• leggangahrukkur (“rugae vaginales”)
• leggangahvolf (“fornix vaginae”)
• leggangahvot (“vaginodynia, colpalgia, colpodynia”)
• leggangakrampi (“vaginismus, vulvismus”)
• leggangakvíslar legslagæðar (“rami vaginales arteriae uterinae, arteriae azygoi vaginae”)
• leggangakvíslar mið-endaþarmsslagæðar (“rami vaginales arteriae rectalis mediae”)
• leggangalögun (“vaginoplasty, colpoplasty”)
• leggangamunni (“introitus vaginae [latína] ostium vaginae”)
• legganganám (“vaginectomy, colpectomy, vaginalectomy”)
• legganga- og blöðrubólga (“coleocystitis”)
• leggangasig (“colpoptosis, colpocele”)
• leggangasjá (“colposcope”)
• leggangaskolun (“douche”)
• leggangaskurður (“colpotomy, vaginotomy”)
• leggangaslagæð (“arteria vaginalis”)
• leggangaslíma (“tunica mucosa vaginae”)
• leggangaslímbólga (“moucous vaginitis, encolpitis, endocolpitis”)
• leggangaspegill (“colposcope, vaginoscope”)
• leggangaspeglun (“colposcopy, veginoscopy”)
• leggangastrokusýni (“Pap smear”)
• leggangasveppir (“vaginomycosis”)
• leggangatappi (“seminal plug, vaginal plug”)
• leggangataugar (“nervi vaginales”)
• legganga- (“vaginal”)
• leggangavatnsgúll (“hydrocolpos, hydrocolpocele”)
• leggangaþensla (“colpeurysis”)
• leggangaþinill (“colpeurynter”)
• leggangaþroti (“leggangabólga [enska] colpitis, vaginitis”)
• leggangaönd (“vestibulum vaginae”)
• legháls- og leggangabólga (“cervicocolpitis, cervicovaginitis”)
• legháls- og legganga- (“cervicovaginal”)
• leg- og leggangavísir (“primordium uterovaginale”)
• legs- og leggangaflækja (“plexus uterovaginalis”)
• lekandaleggangabólga (“gonococcal vaginitis”)
• ofanleggangahluti legháls (“portio supravaginalis cervicis”)
• ofan legganga (“supravaginal”)
• opleysi legganga, leggangalokun (“colpatresia, vaginal atresia”)
• opnun legganga (“vaginal opening”)
• sérþynna leggangaslímu (“lamina propria mucosae vaginae”)
• skapa- og leggangabólga (“vulvovaginitis”)
• skúta- og leggangaklumba (“sinovaginal bulb, bulbus sinuvaginalis”)
• slímútseytifruma forleggangahluta (“exocrinocytus mucosus portionis prevaginalis”)
• slímútseytifruma legganga (“exocrinocytus mucosus vaginae”)
• spangar- og leggangasaumur (“colpoperineorrhaphy”)
• utanlegganga- (“extravaginal”)
• úthjúpur legganga (“tunica adventitia vaginae”)
• vattarhjúpur legganga (“tunica spongiosa vaginae”)
• vöðvahjúpur legganga (“tunica muscularis vaginae”)
• yfirborðsþekjufruma forleggangahluta (“epitheliocytus superficialis portionis prevaginalis”)
• þrengivöðvi þvagrásar og legganga (“musculus sphincter urethrovaginalis”)
• þvagrásarkjölur legganga (“carina urethralis vaginae”)