VULVAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vulvar mean? 

• VULVAR (adjective)
  The adjective VULVAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the vulva

  Familiarity information: VULVAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VULVAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the vulva

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

vulval; vulvar

Pertainym:

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

 Context examples 

Intraepithelial neoplasia that affects the vulvar epithelium and is characterized by the presence of mild dysplasia.

(Low Grade Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Intraepithelial neoplasia that affects the vulvar epithelium and is characterized by the presence of moderate or severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ.

(High Grade Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Intraepithelial neoplasia that affects the vulvar epithelium and is characterized by the presence of moderate dysplasia.

(Grade 2 Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Vulvar Cancer is an NCI Cancer Therapeutic Evaluation Program (CTEP) Simplified Disease Classification (SDC) category used to organize cancer-related disease coding that harmonizes with and supports reporting based on the global standard Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Reporting (MedDRA) terminology.

(NCI CTEP SDC Vulvar Cancer Sub-Category Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)