Medical terms - Letter V (page 9) | MedicalVocabulary.org

Volvulus

Abnormal twisting of the intestine which can impair the blood flow to the intestine. Volvulus can lead to gangrene and death of that segment of the gastrointestinal tract, intestinal obstruction, perforation of the…
Vomer

A triangular bone in the nasal septum. The bone was so named because it was thought to look like a ploughshare, the part of the plow that cuts the furrow. Vomer is the Latin word for ploughshare
Vomit

Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of vomiting. When vomit is reddish or the color of coffee grounds, it may mean there is serious internal bleeding. The…
Vomiting in pregnancy, excess

Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum…
Vomiting of pregnancy, pernicious

Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum…
Vomitus

Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of vomiting. When vomitus is reddish or the color of coffee grounds, it may mean there is serious internal bleeding. The…
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

A genetic disease characterized by: > >hemangioblastomas (benign blood vessel tumors) in the brain, spinal cord, and retina; >kidney cysts and kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma); >pheochromocytoma (a benign tumor of…
Von Recklinghausen disease

Neurofibromatosis type 1
Von Willebrand disease

Voyeurism is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and non-consenting person who is undressing or unclothed, and/or engaged in sexual activity. This behavior may conclude with…
Voyeurism

Eping Tom'): Voyeurism is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and non-consenting person who is undressing or unclothed, and/or engaged in sexual activity. This behavior may…
Vrolik's disease

Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the lethal form of 'brittle bone disease.' It is a recessive trait with males and females affected. Two copies of…
VSD

A Ventricular Septal Defect, a hole in the septum (the wall) between the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles). VSD is the most common type of heart malformation (congenital heart disease). At least 1 baby in…
Vulnerary

(Plural = vulneraries). A remedy used in healing or treating wounds. Any preparation, plant or drug used in the cure of wounds. For example, Native Americans used the herb echinacea as a vulnerary for burns, snakebites…
Vulva

The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called Bartolin's glands, and the entrance to the vagina (the vestibule of the vagina)
Vulva cancer

See: Cancer of the vulva
Vulvar

Pertaining to the vulva, the female external genitalia including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, the tiny glands called Bartolin's glands, and the entrance to the vagina (the vestibule of the vagina)
Vulvar cancer

See: Cancer of the vulva
Vulvar pain, chronic

Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external genitalia including the labia, clitoris, and entrance to the vagina. The pain usually is a chronic, diffuse…
Vulvar vestibulitis

Inflammation of small glands at the entrance to the vagina. Vulvar vestibulitis is the most common physical cause of painful intercourse in young women. In roughly half of cases, the condition appears due to a rare form…
Vulvitis

Inflammation of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia, clitoris, and the entrance (the 'vestibule') to the vagina. A yeast infection of the vulva, for example, is a type of…
Vulvitis, yeast

A yeast infection of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia, clitoris, and the entrance (the 'vestibule') to the vagina. Yeast vulvitis commonly goes together with yeast…
Vulvodynia, essential

A chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the female external genital organs including the labia, clitoris, and entrance to the vagina)-- a painful sensation which may extend to the perineum…
VWM

Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children. and follows a chronic progressive course with additional episodes of rapid deterioration following stress from…