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Vulvectomy
Vulvectomy is surgery that removes part or all of the vulva, performed mainly to treat vulvar cancer; it ranges from simple vulvectomy to radical forms with groin node dissection.
Vulvitis
Vulvitis (外陰炎), ICD-11 GA00, is inflammation of the vulva, the external female genitals, from infection, allergy, irritants, injury, or menopause-related atrophy; distinct from vulvovaginitis, which also involves the vagina.
Vulvodynia
Vulvodynia is chronic vulvar pain lasting at least 3 months without an identifiable cause, classified by the 2015 ISSVD/ISSWSH/IPPS consensus. Lifetime prevalence 8–28%; tissue-based therapies show the best treatment evidence.
Vulvodynia (band)
Vulvodynia (band): South African deathcore/brutal death metal band from Durban, formed 2014, named for the vulvar pain condition. Albums include Psychosadistic Design, Mob Justice, Praenuntius Infiniti, Entabeni.
Vulvovaginal gingival syndrome
Vulvovaginal gingival syndrome, also called vulvovaginal-gingival lichen planus, is a rare erosive lichen planus variant affecting vulval, vaginal, and gingival mucosae, marked by scarring, vaginal stricture, dyspareunia, and adult onset.
Vulvovaginal inflammation
Vulvovaginal inflammation (vulvovaginitis, vaginitis): inflammation of the vulva and vagina causing itching, discharge, odor. Main causes are bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, and noninfectious irritants; diagnosis needs pH, KOH, microscopy, and NAAT.
Vulvovaginal ulceration
Vulvovaginal ulceration (ICD-11 GA00.4): ulcers of the vulva or vagina from STIs such as herpes and syphilis, aphthous or Lipschütz ulcers, dermatoses, trauma, or neoplasms; diagnosis requires laboratory testing.
Vumatel
Vumatel is a South African wholesale fiber network operator, founded in 2014, that builds fiber-to-the-home infrastructure and leases it to internet service providers; it is the country's largest FTTH operator.
Vunakizumab
Vunakizumab (SHR-1314, 安达静) is a humanized IgG1 anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody by Hengrui's Suzhou Suncadia, approved in China (2024) for plaque psoriasis and (2025) for ankylosing spondylitis.
Vung Ang power station
Vung Ang power station (Nhà máy nhiệt điện Vũng Áng) is a coal- and gas-fired power complex in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, Hà Tĩnh province, Vietnam.
Vũng Tàu
Vũng Tàu is a coastal city on a peninsula in southern Vietnam, a port, seaside resort, and base of the country's offshore oil and gas industry.
Vungovicus
Vungovicus (Uongo, Vungum, Vongisus) was a Roman road station in Gaul, identified with Voncq in the French Ardennes on the Reims-Trier road; attested in the Antonine Itinerary around AD 300 and recorded in Pleiades as place 109445.
Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (ఉన్నది ఒకటే జిందగీ), also spelled Vunnadi Okate Zindagi, is a 2017 Telugu romantic drama directed by Kishore Tirumala, starring Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameswaran, Lavanya Tripathi, and Sree Vishnu; released 27 October 2017, it earned about Rs 17 crore share and was below average.
Vunzige Deuntjes
Vunzige Deuntjes is an Amsterdam-based Dutch event promoter of hip-hop, R&B, dancehall, and afro events since 2011, best known for its festival in the Amsterdamse Bos drawing 20,000 visitors annually.
Vuqar Mustafayev
Vuqar Mustafayev (Azerbaijani: Vüqar Mustafayev) is an Azerbaijani politician serving as Minister of Defense Industry, leading delegations to exhibitions such as World Defence Show 2026 in Riyadh.
Vuse
Vuse is an e-cigarette brand owned by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. Launched in 2013, it became the top-selling US e-cigarette brand.
Vushmgir
Vushmgir (وشمگیر), fully Zahir al-Dawla Vushmgir, was the second Ziyarid ruler from 935 to 967, who fought the Samanids and Buyids and died during a hunt.
Vusi Moyo
Vusi Moyo, South African rugby union fly-half for the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Springboks; KES product, 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship winner and leading scorer (63 points), Test debut v Wales, 18 July 2026.
Vut-Ami Fluctus
Vut-Ami Fluctus is a 1,300 km lava-flow terrain (fluctus) on Venus at 38.0S, 67.0E, named for a Chuvash fire goddess, introduced in 1998 and IAU-approved in 2000.
Vuta N'kuvute
Vuta N'kuvute, translated as A Tug of War, is an award-winning Swahili-language novel by Zanzibar-born writer Shafi Adam Shafi, first published in 1999 and set in colonial Zanzibar.
Vutrisiran
Vutrisiran (Amvuttra), an Alnylam GalNAc-conjugated siRNA that degrades TTR mRNA, treats hereditary ATTR polyneuropathy (FDA 2022) and ATTR cardiomyopathy (2025), dosed 25 mg subcutaneously every 3 months.
Vuver (crater on Umbriel)
Vuver is a 98-km-wide impact crater near the equator of Umbriel, the darkest moon of Uranus. Named for a Volga Finn evil spirit (IAU, 1988), it has a bright central peak but a mostly frost-free floor, unlike the nearby bright-ringed Wunda crater.
Vuvuzela
The vuvuzela, also known as the lepatata, is a long plastic horn blown by South African football fans, known worldwide for its drone at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Vuzix
Vuzix Corporation is an American optical technology company in West Henrietta, New York, founded in 1997, that makes AI-enabled smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality displays for enterprise, medical, and defense uses.
VV Cephei
VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary star in Cepheus, about 4,900 light-years away, pairing a huge red supergiant with a hot companion in a 20.34-year orbit.
VV Puppis
VV Puppis (VV Pup) is a polar, a magnetic cataclysmic variable in Puppis with a 100-minute orbit, where cyclotron harmonics were first resolved in 1979.
vVARDIS
vVARDIS is a Swiss dental medtech company headquartered in Zug, founded in 2019 by sister dentists Haley and Goly Abivardi, known for Curodont, a drill-free treatment for early tooth decay.
VVER (водо-водяной энергетический реактор)
VVER, also written WWER, is the Soviet and Russian family of pressurized water reactors in which light water serves as both coolant and moderator, first commissioned in 1964.
VVER-1000
VVER-1000 (ВВЭР-1000) is a Soviet and Russian pressurized water reactor rated at about 1000 MW electric, developed by OKB Gidropress and first operated at Novovoronezh Unit 5 in 1980.
VVER-1200
The VVER-1200 is a Generation III+ pressurized water reactor developed by Rosatom in Russia, producing about 1,200 MWe and serving as the basis of most of Rosatom's export program.