a. Anat. [See SUPRA- 1 b and VAGINAL.] Situated above or outside a sheath or sheathing membrane; situated, or performed, above the vagina.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
1893. H. Morris, Treat. Hum. Anat., 890. The supravaginal space around the optic nerve. Ibid., 1083. The cervix … may be divided into an upper supravaginal zone, a middle zone of vaginal attachment, and a lower intravaginal zone, the os uteri.
1901. Lancet, 5 Oct., 917. Arguments … in favour of supra-vaginal amputation of the uterus rather than total hysterectomy.
