n :  a genus of bacteria of uncertain taxonomic affinities that includes one (G. vaginalis syn. Haemophilus vaginalis) often present in the flora of the healthy vagina and present in greatly increased numbers in bacterial vaginosis
 
Gard•ner, Herman L. (fl 1955-80), American physician.
 
 
 
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