| vaginismus |
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noun
- (pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina.
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| vaginitis |
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noun (plural: vaginitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the vagina.
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| valley fever |
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noun
- coccidioidomycosis
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| valvulitis |
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noun
- (pathology) Inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve.
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| varicella |
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noun
- (pathology) chickenpox
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| varicose |
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adjective
- abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty
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| variola |
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noun
- (pathology) smallpox
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| VD |
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initialism
- (disease) venereal disease
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| vegetation |
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noun
- Plants collectively.
- There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
also you could say "there are large amounts of vegetation growing in the forest"
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| venereal |
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adjective
- sexually transmitted.
- of or related to sexual intercourse, lust, or the genitals.
- that which excites sexual desire; aphrodisiac.
- (obsolete) of or related to copper.
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| venereal disease |
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noun (abbreviated as VD)
- (disease) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.
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| verruca |
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noun (plural verrucae)
- (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a virus.
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| version |
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noun
- A specific form or variation of something.
- A translation from one language to another.
- It's in the King James Version only.
- An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account
- He gave another of the affair.
- (computing): A number indicating which revision something is. (Software, firmware, CPUs, etc.)
- (medicine): A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion, and retroversion.
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| vertigo |
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noun - A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
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| vesicle |
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noun
- (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
- (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
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| vesiculate |
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verb to vesiculate
- (transitive) to make vesicular
- (intransitive) to become vesicular
adjective
- vesicular
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| virulent |
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adjective
- (context, mainly, _, medical) Of a disease or disease-causing agent, highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
- hostile, Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
- The politicians were in their hatred of the president.
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| vitiligo |
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noun
- The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
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