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Gardnerella vaginalis

Gard·ne·rel·la vag·i·nal·is [ grdnə rèllə vajjə nálliss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
sexually transmitted bacterium: a sexually transmitted bacterium that causes a grayish white vaginal discharge with a faintly fishy odor in the presence of an alkali such as toilet soap

[Mid-20th century. < modern Latin< Gardnerella a bacterium (after the 20th century U.S. bacteriologist H. L. Gardner who first described it) + vaginalis "of the vagina"]
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