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  • noun medicine Localized vulvodynia in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).

Etymologies

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vestibule +‎ -itis

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Examples

  • Dyspareunia can also develop secondary medical problems such as vestibulitis (inflammation of a gland), vaginal atrophy or dryness of vagina or vaginal infection.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Dyspareunia can also develop secondary medical problems such as vestibulitis (inflammation of a gland), vaginal atrophy or dryness of vagina or vaginal infection.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Dyspareunia can also develop secondary medical problems such as vestibulitis (inflammation of a gland), vaginal atrophy or dryness of vagina or vaginal infection.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • So my vaginal vestibulitis is not a happy inflammation right now.

    Baby clothes! And baby art. radegund 2006

  • I had a lavender bath to soak in - I'm not allowed soap in my baths because of the vestibulitis - and Rob used the water to wash in.

    What to do?! ailbhe 2006

  • It's hard to tell, with shooting pelvic pain anyway, and the vestibulitis.

    Work/life balance, and WOMAD ailbhe 2006

  • The only thing that arose in my midwife appointment yesterday is that I have a slight UTI, but with the vaginal vestibulitis we expected that.

    The voices in my head ailbhe 2006

  • In other news, my vestibulitis is itising for all it's worth, and Rob is going to go out and buy me crisps really soon.

    I learned something new today ailbhe 2006

  • The doctor was lovely, and I have a frightening prescription for a topical treatment for vaginal vestibulitis, and lots of information on contraception, and Emer is still just above the 50th centile for weight and we're both doing very well indeed.

    Friday 13th ailbhe 2006

  • In vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (also called localized vulvar dysesthesia), women feel pain mainly in an area between the labia (the vestibule), and only when that area is touched or pressed.

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

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