| vaginoplasty | Plastic surgery of the vagina. Synonym: colpoplasty. Origin: vagino-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vaginoscopy | Inspection of the vagina, usually with an instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginosis | Disease of the vagina. Bacterial vaginosis, infection of the vagina of humans that may be caused by Gardnerella vaginalis. Characterised by excessive, sometimes malodorous, discharge. Synonym: Gardnerella vaginitis, non-specific vaginitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginosis, bacterial | Polymicrobial, non-specific vaginitis associated with positive cultures of gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobic organisms and a decrease in lactobacilli. It remains unclear whether the initial pathogenic event is caused by the growth of anaerobes or a primary decrease in lactobacilli. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginotomy | A cutting operation in the vagina. Synonym: coleotomy, colpotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginovesical | Relating to the vagina and the urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginovulvar | Relating to the vagina and the vulva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginula | <botany> A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses. One of the tubular florets in composite flowers. Origin: L, dim. Of vagina sheath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vaginule | <botany> A vaginula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Vaginulus plebeius | The slug vector of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagitus uterinus | Crying of the foetus while still within the uterus, possible when the membranes have been ruptured and air has entered the uterine cavity. Origin: L. Fr. Vagio, to squall; L. Fr. Uterus, womb (05 Mar 2000) |
| vago- | The vagus nerve. Origin: L. Vagus (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagoaccessorius | The vagus and the cranial root (accessory portion) of the accessory nerve, regarded as one nerve. See: accessory nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagoglossopharyngeal | Relating to the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves; denoting their contiguous or common nuclei of origin and termination and regions innervated by both nerves such as the musculature of the pharynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagolysis | Surgical destruction of the vagus nerve. Origin: vago-+ G. Lysis, a loosening (05 Mar 2000) |