| OLA | Occipito Laevo Anterior; Left Occipito Anterior; 후두전좌측의 |
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| ACA | abnormal coronary artery; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; acute cerebellar ataxia; adenocarcino... |
| AICA | anterior inferior cerebellar artery; anterior inferior communicating artery |
| ALH | angiolymphoid hyperplasia; anterior lobe hormone; anterior lobe of hypophysis |
| APL | abductor pollicis longus; accelerated painless labor; acute promyelocytic leukemia; animal placenta ... |
| vaginal columns | Two slight longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the vaginal mucous membrane, each marked by a number of transverse mucosal folds. Synonym: columnae rugarum, vaginal columns. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vaginal cornification test | A test for oestrogenic activity, in which the appearance of cornified epithelial cells in a vaginal smear of a test animal is an indication of the action of an oestrogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal creams, foams and jellies | Medicated dosage forms for topical application in the vagina. A cream is a semisolid emulsion containing suspended or dissolved medication; a foam is a dispersion of a gas in a medicated liquid resulting in a light, frothy mass; a jelly is a colloidal semisolid mass of a water soluble medicated material, usually translucent. The concept includes vaginal creams, foams, and jellies in general or for which there is no other specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginal cyst | A closed sac on or under the vaginal mucosa that contains fluid or semi-solid material. These may occur secondary to trauma. Treatment may include surgical excision. (27 Sep 1997) |
| vaginal discharge | A common gynecologic disorder characterised by an abnormal, nonbloody discharge from the genital tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginal dysmenorrhoea | A form of secondary dysmenorrhoea due to obstruction or other abnormal condition in the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal fistula | An abnormal passage communicating with the vagina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginal fornix | The recess at the vault of the vagina; it is divided into an anterior part, posterior part, and lateral part with respect to its relation to the cervix of the uterus. The posterior part is clinically significant as the site for culdocentesis and culdoscopy. The proximity of the ureter (below) and the uterine artery (above) adjacent to the lateral fornix is important clinically. Synonym: fornix vaginae, fornix uteri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal gland | One of the mucous gland's in the mucous membrane of the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal hysterectomy | Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible. A vaginal hysterectomy is as opposed to an abdominal hysterectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vaginal hysterotomy | Incision into the uterus via the vagina. Synonym: colpohysterotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal introitus | The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal laceration | Tearing of the vaginal wall. Synonym: vaginal laceration. Origin: colpo-+ G. Rhexis, rupture (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal lithotomy | Lithotomy in which the bladder is entered through an incision in the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |