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Vaccine - medicine that protects the body from the disease.
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Vagina – The muscular canal that extends from the cervix to the outside of the body. Its walls are lined with mucus membranes and tiny glands that make vaginal secretions. The vagina is the entrance to the reproductive system, and where menstrual fluid moves out of the body. It is a flat passageway between the uterus and the outside of your body. The vagina can stretch to hold a tampon in place or stretch to allow the birth of a baby.
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Vaginal Intercourse - Sex play in which the penis enters the vagina.
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Vaginal Opening - The opening of the vagina. The vaginal opening is where menstrual blood and vaginal discharge leave the body and where the tampon is inserted.
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Vaginal Secretion - A substance that is excreted from the vagina. Is sometimes referred to as vaginal discharge
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Vaginismus - Painful intercourse for a woman that occurs when her fear and anxiety about vaginal intercourse cause the muscles around her vagina to go into spasm when her partner tries to insert a penis or dildo.
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Vaginitis – Vaginitis is an inflammation of the vagina. It often is caused by infections, some of which are associated with serious diseases. The most common vaginal infections are: Bacterial vaginosis, Trichomoniasis and Vaginal yeast infection. Some vaginal infections are transmitted through sexual contact, but others, such as yeast infections, probably are not.
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Values - Ideas of what is right, worthwhile, or moral.
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Varicocele - An enlargement of the spermatic vein, which supplies blood to the testis. It can reduce blood flow and increase the temperature of the testicle, thereby causing infertility.
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Vas Deferens - A long, narrow tube that carries sperm from each epididymis to the seminal vesicles. The plural of vas deferens is vasa deferentia.
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Vasectomy - Surgical blocking of the vasa deferentia in men that is intended to provide permanent birth control.
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Veins - Thin-walled blood vessels that receive blood from capillaries and return it to the heart.
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Venereologist - One who studies sexually transmitted infections.
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Viability - The ability of a fetus to survive outside a woman's body.
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Victorians - People who lived during and after the reign of Britain's Queen Victoria (1837-1901) — especially those who shared her fears about human sexuality.
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Vigorous exercise - Exercise that involves a high level of energy and effort. Running is vigorous exercise while fast walking is more moderate or less intense exercise.
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Virgin - Someone who has never had sex.
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Virginity - Never has had sexual intercourse.
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Viruses - small microscopic organisms that often cause disease.
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Vitamin - any of various chemicals needed for metabolism. Vitamins are found in minute quantities in food, and some are produced by the body.
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Voluntary Sterilization - Surgically implemented contraception that is intended to be permanent and that is freely chosen.
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Voyeurism – looking at sexual acts or naked people, often without their knowledge. when someone watches private sexual actsA paraphilia in which sexual arousal becomes dependent on watching people undress or have sex play unaware that they are being watched.
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Voyeurs - Women or men who become aroused by secretly watching another person undress or engage in sexual behavior.
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Vulva – The vulva covers the entrance to the vagina. It includes the clitoris, the labia (majora and minora), the opening to the vagina (introitus), and two Bartholin's glands.
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Vulvodynia - Vulvodynia is a term used to describe chronic pain or discomfort of the vulva.
