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vaginitis

American  
[vaj-uh-nahy-tis] / ˌvædʒ əˈnaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the vagina.


vaginitis British  
/ ˌvædʒɪˈnaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. inflammation of the vagina

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Etymology

Origin of vaginitis

First recorded in 1840–50; vagin(a) + -itis

Example Sentences

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But in many cases, doctors may misdiagnose the condition as an infection or chronic vaginitis.

From Time

They used HeLa to test the effects of steroids, chemotherapy drugs, hormones, vitamins, and environmental stress; they infected them with tuberculosis, salmonella, and the bacterium that causes vaginitis.

From Literature

Vaginal atrophy, also known as atrophic vaginitis, involves a thinning, drying and inflammation of the walls of the vagina from a loss of estrogen.

From New York Times

The chief causes are sepsis following labour or abortion, extension of a gonorrhoeal vaginitis, or gangrene or infection of a uterine myoma.

From Project Gutenberg

Baumeister records two cases of diphtheritic vaginitis, the second case in a cow four weeks calved, contracted from the first in a newly calved cow.

From Project Gutenberg