vestibulitis
vestibulitis noun: inflammation of a vestibule, especially localized vulvodynia in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).
Noun
vestibulitis (uncountable)
- Inflammation of a vestibule, especially localized vulvodynia in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).
- It has been noted after vestibulitis, furuncles, and acute and chronic coryza.1909, Progressive Medicine: A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries, and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences, volume 1
- Vulvar vestibulitis is a chronic clinical syndrome of unknown cause defined (by Friedrich) by the constellation of severe pain on vestibular touch or attempted vaginal entry, tenderness to pressure localized within the vulvar vestibule […]1998, John F. Steege, Chronic Pelvic Pain: An Integrated Approach, page 186
- Synonyms:
- vestibulodynia
Synonyms of vestibulitis
Origin of vestibulitis
From vestibule + -itis.
Questions about vestibulitis
- What does vestibulitis mean?
- Vestibulitis means inflammation of a vestibule, especially localized vulvodynia in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).
- What part of speech is vestibulitis?
- Vestibulitis is a noun.
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