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vaginitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the vagina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colpitis

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

From vagin- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰道炎 /阴道炎 (yīndàoyán) — inflammation of the vagina
  • Czech: vaginitida — inflammation of the vagina
  • Esperanto: vaginito — inflammation of the vagina
  • Finnish: emätintulehdus — inflammation of the vagina
  • Finnish: vaginitis — inflammation of the vagina
  • Finnish: kolpiitti — inflammation of the vagina
  • French: vaginite — inflammation of the vagina
  • Galician: vaxinite — inflammation of the vagina
  • German: Vaginitis — inflammation of the vagina
  • German: Scheidenentzündung — inflammation of the vagina
  • Greek: κολπίτιδα (kolpítida) — inflammation of the vagina
  • Greek: κολπίτις (kolpítis) — inflammation of the vagina
  • Italian: vaginite — inflammation of the vagina
  • Russian: вагинит (vaginit) — inflammation of the vagina
  • Spanish: vaginitis — inflammation of the vagina
  • Ukrainian: вагініт (vahinit) — inflammation of the vagina