VAGINAL DISCHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaginal discharge mean? 

• VAGINAL DISCHARGE (noun)
  The noun VAGINAL DISCHARGE has 1 sense:

1. discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white

  Familiarity information: VAGINAL DISCHARGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAGINAL DISCHARGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("vaginal discharge" is a kind of...):

discharge; emission (a substance that is emitted or released)

 Context examples 

Symptoms in females include painful urination, vaginal discharge, and vaginal bleeding between periods.

(Gonorrhea, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaginal discharge occurring during the post-partum period.

(Lochia, NCI Thesaurus)

Others have pain in the lower abdomen, fever, smelly vaginal discharge, irregular bleeding, and pain during intercourse or urination.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Symptoms include lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, and vaginal bleeding.

(Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)

With a pH similar to that of normal vaginal discharge, Clino-San vaginal lubricant may reduce dryness, pain and irritation often caused by insufficient vaginal discharge due to atrophy of the vulvovaginal mucosa.

(Clino-San Vaginal Lubricant, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include abnormal vaginal bleeding and vaginal discharge.

(Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include mucopurulent vaginal discharge and burning sensation.

(Acute Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include fever, lower abdominal pain, and vaginal discharge.

(Acute Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the fetal sac membranes, characterized by otherwise unexplained fever (at or above 38 degree C (100.4F)) with one or more of the following: uterine tenderness and/or irritability, leukocytosis, fetal tachycardia, maternal tachycardia, or malodorous vaginal discharge.

(Clinical Chorioamnionitis, NCI Thesaurus)