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Vaginoperineorrhaphy
Repair of a laceration involving both the perineum and vagina.
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Vaginoperineoplasty
Plastic surgery involving the vagina and perineum.
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Vaginometer
A device for measuring the length and expansion of the vagina.
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Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis
An inflammation of the vagina caused by flagellate protozoa that infect the vagina, urethra, and Skene’s ducts. Although the individual inflammatory response can include severe vulvar irritation and burning, dysuria, dyspareunia, and profuse, thin, “frothy,” yellow-green to gray discharge, nearly 50% of infected women are asymptomatic. Sixty percent of the sexual partners of infected women…
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Vaginitis testis
Inflammation of the tunica vaginalis of the testis.
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Granular vaginitis
Vaginitis with cellular infiltration and enlargement of papillae.
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Emphysematous vaginitis
A rare, benign vaginitis with gas-bubble formation in the vaginal wall.
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Diphtheritic vaginitis
Vaginitis with membranous exudate caused by infection with Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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Chlamydial vaginitis
The most common sexually transmitted vaginal infection in the U.S., caused by an obligate intracellular parasite, Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydial infection is also a major cause of pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal occlusion, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, nongonococcal urethritis, and ophthalmia neonatorum. Asymptomatic chlamydial infection has been implicated in the development of preterm labor and birth in high-risk…
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Candidal vaginitis
A yeast infection caused by Candida albicans.
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