Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, inflammation of the vagina.

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  • noun inflammation of the vagina

Etymologies

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

[Greek kolpos, vagina + –itis.]

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  • The presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in the urethra and urinary bladder of women with colpitis trichomonalis

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