vulvodynia

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noun

Pain in the vulva unexplained by vulvar or vaginal infection or skin disease.

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Meanings

nounvulvodynia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicinePain in the vulva unexplained by vulvar or vaginal infection or skin disease.

    Anodynia (anorectal pain) most frequently occurs together with other pain syndromes, like vulvodynia or phallodynia, but sometimes it may be isolated.

    2013, Tomasz F. Mroczkowski, Larry E. Millikan, Lawrence Charles Parish, Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook, page 260

Origin

From vulvo- + -odynia.

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Translations

Dutch vulvodynie
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Finnish vulvodynia
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French vulvodynie
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German Vulvodynie
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Greek βουλβοδυνία
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Italian vulvodynia
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Polish wulwodynia
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Turkish vulvodini
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Cite this entry
APA

vulvodynia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulvodynia

MLA

“vulvodynia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulvodynia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vulvodynia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulvodynia.

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