acute nongonorrheal vulvitis
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acute nongonorrheal vulvitis
Etymology: L, non, not; Gk, gone, seed, rhoia, flow; L, vulva, wrapper; Gk, itis, inflammation
an inflammation of the vulva resulting from chafing of the vulvar lips, accumulation of sebaceous material, atopic reactions, local infections, or other causes that are nonvenereal.
acute nongonorrheal vulvitis
Vulvitis resulting from chafing of the opposed lips of the vulva, nonvenereal infection, or accumulated sebaceous material around the clitoris.
See also: vulvitis