vulvodynia

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Etymology

From vulvo- +‎ -odynia.

Noun

vulvodynia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Pain in the vulva unexplained by vulvar or vaginal infection or skin disease.
    • 2013, Tomasz F. Mroczkowski, Larry E. Millikan, Lawrence Charles Parish, Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook, page 260:
      Anodynia (anorectal pain) most frequently occurs together with other pain syndromes, like vulvodynia or phallodynia, but sometimes it may be isolated.

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