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ATROPHIE VAGINALE [2 records]

Record 1 2025-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Genitals
DEF

A condition in which estrogen loss causes tissues of the vulva (the external parts of the female genital organs) and the lining of the vagina to become thin, dry, and less elastic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Organes génitaux
CONT

L'atrophie vaginale consiste en un amincissement et une fragilisation de la paroi vaginale secondaire à la baisse de la concentration d’œstrogènes chez les femmes ménopausées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Tract
DEF

Inflammation or infection of the vagina, sometimes accompanied by vaginal walls that are thin, smooth, pale, dry, and inflamed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
CONT

L'atrophie vaginale consiste en un amincissement et une fragilisation de la paroi vaginale secondaire à la baisse de la concentration d’œstrogènes chez les femmes ménopausées. La paroi étant ainsi fragilisée, elle devient plus sensible à l'inflammation. On parle alors de vaginite atrophique.

Key term(s)
  • vulvo-vaginite atrophique

Spanish

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