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VAGINITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("vaginitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Holonyms ("vaginitis" is a part of...):
candidiasis; monilia disease; moniliasis (an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans))