Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vaginal infection caused by a trichomonad (Trichomonas vaginalis) and marked by vaginal discharge and itching.
- noun An infection caused by trichomonads, as a disease of cattle that commonly results in infertility or abortion in infected cows.
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- noun pathology A common
sexually transmitted disease caused by theparasite Trichomonas vaginalis and infecting theurinary tract orvagina .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infection of the vagina
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If they aren't cleaned often, a disease called trichomoniasis can spread between those visiting the feeder, according to the Audubon site.
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Indeed, the prevalence rates of some of these conditions, such as toxocariasis (roundworm) and trichomoniasis (commonly called trich) are as high among African Americans in the U.S. as they are in Nigeria, with more than one million cases in our country.
Peter Hotez, M.D, Ph.D.: A New Tropical Medicine Clinic for 'Third World America' Peter Hotez 2011
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What if I don't get treated for my trichomoniasis infection?
Trichomoniasis 2010
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“You have trichomoniasis,” she said, and then folded her arms tight across her chest.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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“You have trichomoniasis,” she said, and then folded her arms tight across her chest.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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As the jaguars grew scarce, their chief food staple, the capybaras -- a meterlong rodent, the world's largest -- overran farmers 'fields and spread trichomoniasis, a livestock disease that renders cows sterile.
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The teens were tested for four infections: human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer and affected 18 percent of girls studied; chlamydia, which affected 4 percent; trichomoniasis, 2.5 percent; and genital herpes, 2 percent.
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Only 13 percent of women named the human papilloma virus (HPV), and only 3 percent named trichomoniasis.
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Send in the sample and a lab runs free tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.
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Send in the sample and a lab runs free tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.
Wired Top Stories 2008
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