epivaginitis

noun

epi·​vaginitis

ˌepə+

: a widespread venereal disease of southern African cattle that is marked by inflammation and discharges from the genital organs and by sterility and that takes the form of an epididymitis in the male

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from epi- (as in epididymitis) + vaginitis

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