| PASD | after diastase digestion |
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| FTOL | "Failed" Trial Of Labor; when a woman tries for a VBAC and ends up with a cesarean after a "trial of... |
| NFVVE | Normal Fullterm Vaginal Vacuum Extraction |
| TVH | Trans-Vaginal Hysterectomy |
| VE | 1) Valve Endocarditis 2) Value Edition 3) Vaginal Examinat... |
| vaginal dysmenorrhoea | A form of secondary dysmenorrhoea due to obstruction or other abnormal condition in the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |