Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chronic vulvar pain.
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- noun medicine
Pain in thevulva unexplained byvulvar orvaginal infection orskin disease .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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In women, there's a condition known as vulvodynia, mysteriously chronic pain of the vulva.
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In women, there's a condition known as vulvodynia, mysteriously chronic pain of the vulva.
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