Category: V

  • Vaginogenic

    Formed in the vagina.  

  • Vaginofixation

    Fixation of womb to the vagina. Securing the uterus to the vaginal peritoneum as a therapeutic approach for retroflexion of the uterus.  

  • Vaginocutaneous

    Vagina and skin.  

  • Vulvovaginitis

    Inflammation of the vulva (the external female genitals) and the vagina. Symptoms include redness, itching, and soreness of the vulva and vagina, sometimes accompanied by a vaginal discharge. Inflammation of the vulva and vagina. It may be due to infection, and may be a presenting feature of late onset diabetes mellitus. Trauma or the presence…

  • Vulval tissues

    Tissues surrounding the vaginal opening, vulva.  

  • Vulva

    The external genital region of the female. A woman’s external sexual organs, at the opening leading to the vagina. A female’s external genitals, including the mons veneris, the mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic bone; the clitoris, the small organ of sexual stimulation (removed in rare female circumcision) between the pubic bone and the…

  • Vulnerability

    The capability of being hurt or affected in some way. Vulnerable to harm or infection.  

  • Vroom expectancy model

    A model of motivation that hypothesizes that the strength of needs and motivation depends upon the degree of desire to perform a behavior.  

  • Voodoo death

    The demise of a person in a primitive culture who violates tribal laws or who is cursed by a witch doctor.  

  • Vomitus

    Vomited matter. Expelled food or chyme.