Category: V

  • Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

    The presence of severe pain on pressing or touching the vestibule of the vagina or on attempted vaginal entry. Physical findings of localized erythema are limited to the mucosa of the vestibule. Although the etiology is unknown, the syndrome often develops in women who have intractable moniliasis or who are receiving long-term antibiotic therapy. No…

  • Vulnerant

    Something that wounds or injures.  

  • Voyeur

    One who derives sexual pleasure from observing nude persons or the sexual activity of others.  

  • Voxel

    A volume element, i.e., an individually representable volume of tissue detected by a digital radiographical imaging device, represented on the final image by a picture element (a “pixel”). The fundamental unit within the reconstructed matrix is referred to as the volume element. It represents a distinct portion of space that contributes to the overall structure.…

  • Vorticose vein

    One of four veins (two superior and two inferior) that receive blood from all parts of the choroid of the eye. They empty into posterior ciliary and superior ophthalmic veins.  

  • Vorticose

    Whirling or having a whorled arrangement.  

  • Vortex lentis

    Spiral patterns on the surface of the lens owing to a concentric pattern of fiber growth,  

  • Vortex of heart

    The region at the apex of the heart where muscle fibers of the ventricles make a tight spiral and turn inward.  

  • Vortex

    A structure having a spiral or whorled appearance.  

  • Voracious

    Having an insatiable or ravenous appetite.