| vaginal lithotomy | Lithotomy in which the bladder is entered through an incision in the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vaginal mucification test | A test for progestational activity; stimulation of mucus production by the vaginal epithelium in rats, guinea pigs, or mice by progestogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal mucosa | The mucous membrane of the vagina. Synonym: tunica mucosa vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal myomectomy | Removal of a myoma of the uterus through the vagina. Synonym: colpomyomectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal nerves | Several nerves passing from the uterovaginal plexus to the vagina. Synonym: nervi vaginales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal opening | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal orifice | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal plug | A plug formed by the coagulation of semen; found in the vagina after copulation in certain animals, such as the baboon, rat, and squirrel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal pool | The secretions and material that accumulate in the posterior fornix of the vagina; used for sampling, principally for evaluation after premature rupture of the membranes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal smear | A smear of debris from the vaginal lumen of mammals, used to determine the stage of their reproductive cycle. It is most useful in subprimate mammals having short estrous cycles; nucleated epithelial cells and leukocytes prevail in the smear during diestrus and proestrus, and cornified cells during estrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal smears | Collection of pooled secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix for cytologic examination. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginal synovial membrane | A sheath of synovial membrane enveloping certain of the tendons; it contains a small amount of synovial fluid. Synonym: vagina synovialis tendinis, mucous sheath of tendon, theca tendinis, vagina mucosa tendinis, vaginal synovial membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal synovitis | <pathology> Inflammation of a tendon sheath. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vaginal thrush | A vaginitis caused by infection with the yeast-like organism, Candida albicans. Symptoms include vaginal redness, itching, pain and a cheesy, white, curd-like vaginal discharge. Treatment is with antifungal agents such as clotrimazole (Lotrimin Cream). (27 Sep 1997) |
| vaginal venous plexus | The plexus of veins that surrounds the vagina. Synonym: plexus venosus vaginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |