vaginitis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vaginitis
Example Sentences
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But in many cases, doctors may misdiagnose the condition as an infection or chronic vaginitis.
From Time • Nov. 23, 2016
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 • Aug. 6, 2012
Often they perform services once exclusively the preserve of physicians: physical checkups, reading X rays, ordering lab tests and prescribing medications for complaints, such as vaginitis and hypertension.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Michigan man said he had applied ointment to his two- year-old daughter, who had vaginitis, and was accused of sexual molestation during his custody battle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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