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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the external sex organs
Example:
venereal disease
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
genitals (external sex organ)
Context examples:
There is no cure for infection with HSV-1 and HSV2, viruses that can cause recurrent outbreaks of cold sores and genital sores in humans.
(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)
A. turicensis is most often related to genital, skin, and urinary tract infections.
(Actinomyces turicensis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon.
(Behcet syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
P. asaccharolyticus is commensal to the human intestinal tract but has been associated with genital tract, lung, skin, and brain abscesses.
(Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects most often the gums, eyelids and genital mucosa sites.
(Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid, NCI Thesaurus)
It accounts for the greatest number of deaths from malignancies of the female genital tract and is the fifth leading cause of cancer fatalities in women.
(Ovarian Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This category includes congenital nevus, acquired nevus, dysplastic nevus, blue nevus, and atypical melanocytic nevus of the genital type.
(Nevus of Female Genitalia, NCI Thesaurus)
M. hominis is commensal in the urogenital flora of adults, but is an opportunistic pathogen implicated in female genital infections and may also cause infections in newborns, especially in those that are immunosuppressed.
(Mycoplasma hominis, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually affects postmenopausal women and presents with abdominal pain, abdominal distension or genital bleeding.
(Fallopian Tube Carcinosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
E. vulneris is a human pathogen that can colonize the respiratory tract, female genital tract, and stool and has a particular propensity for wounds.
(Escherichia vulneris, NCI Thesaurus)
