Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as vulvar.

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  • adjective Pertaining to the vulva.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the vulva

Etymologies

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From vulva +‎ -al.

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Examples

  • _The sanitary pads_, also called vulval or perineal pads, absorb the discharge which always occurs after delivery.

    The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy 1912

  • HPV vaccination may also reduce the incidence of other, less common cancers linked to HPV infection, such as vulval, vaginal, penile, anal and oropharyngeal cancers.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • They also manage to fit in a themed art installation: the corner window is given over to a giant vulval orchid by artist Gavin Turk that is licked on all sides by swirling clouds of white powder.

    Christmas through the looking glass 2011

  • In addition, HPV is found in some vulval, penile, oral and other cancers.

    The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release 2008

  • The treatment for hysteria was a vulval and clitoral massage performed by a doctor in order to achieve what was called "hysterical paroxysm"

    Tristan Taormino: New Film Charts The History Of Vibrators | Disinformation 2007

  • I might be going to fancy diplomatic receptions and talking to flirty women from the Spanish embassy with no shoulder straps and eating steamy vulval canapés that leap into my mouth practically of their own volition.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • I might be going to fancy diplomatic receptions and talking to flirty women from the Spanish embassy with no shoulder straps and eating steamy vulval canapés that leap into my mouth practically of their own volition.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • ~ Papillomavirus Vaccine Could Reduce Rate Of Vulval And Vaginal Cancers -- "Administration of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus HPV vaccine has proven effective in preventing high-grade vulval and vaginal lesions that can lead to cancers in those areas, conclude authors of a Article published in this week's edition of The Lancet."

    Speedlinking 5/18/07 William Harryman 2007

  • And I think that the pharm industry is captalizing on that in a way that is not so great for “vulval acceptance”.

    I Still Want My Period 2006

  • Women whose genitals have been cut may have a higher risk of catching an STI from an infected partner because of unhealed ulcers, inflamed vulval membranes, or small wounds resulting from intercourse.

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

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