Bartholinitis

/ˌbɑːrθəlɪˈnaɪtɪs/ noun

Medical inflammation of Bartholin's glands, which are paired glands located near the vaginal opening in female anatomy.

Named after Caspar Bartholin, a 17th-century Danish anatomist who first described these glands, with the medical suffix -itis meaning inflammation.

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