Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Chronic vulvar pain.

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  • noun medicine Pain in the vulva unexplained by vulvar or vaginal infection or skin disease.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin : vulv(o)– + Greek odunē, pain; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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vulvo- + -dynia.

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Examples

  • Itching, burning, stinging, rawness, or pain in the vulva in the absence of any known cause is called vulvodynia.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Itching, burning, stinging, rawness, or pain in the vulva in the absence of any known cause is called vulvodynia.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Itching, burning, stinging, rawness, or pain in the vulva in the absence of any known cause is called vulvodynia.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Itching, burning, stinging, rawness, or pain in the vulva in the absence of any known cause is called vulvodynia.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Finally, I found a physician who respected me, recognized that my pain was real, and was able to give it the label of vulvodynia.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • We began treatment for a condition called vulvodynia, which involves a hypersensitivity to the nerves in the skin of the vulva.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • We began treatment for a condition called vulvodynia, which involves a hypersensitivity to the nerves in the skin of the vulva.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • NEW YORK Reuters Health - As many as one in 12 women say they have a type of genital pain known as vulvodynia, yet few have been diagnosed with it, a new survey suggests.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • In women, there's a condition known as vulvodynia, mysteriously chronic pain of the vulva.

    10News.com - Local News 2010

  • In women, there's a condition known as vulvodynia, mysteriously chronic pain of the vulva.

    10News.com - Local News 2010

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