combining form on Gr. models of L. vulva VULVA, occurring in a few anatomical or pathological terms, as vulvo-scrotal, -uterine, -vaginal, vaginitis.
1849. Craig, s.v. Vulva, The vagina or vulvo-uterine canal.
1857. Bullock, trans. Cazeaux’ Midwifery, 46. The Vulvo-vaginal gland had been completely lost sight of by modern anatomists.
1893. D. J. Cunningham, Man. Pract. Anat., I. 380. The two fascial pouches … are sometimes spoken of as the vulvo-scrotal sacs.
1897. Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc., IX. 113. The urine may be so irritating as to cause a vulvo-vaginitis in the female infant.
