colpeurynter

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Etymology

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See colpo- (vagina) and eury- (wide, broad). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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colpeurynter (plural colpeurynters)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) An inflatable bag used to dilate the vagina or cervical canal.
    • 1887, Franz Winckel, “Lesions of the Vagina and their Results, Vaginal Cicatrices”, in Joseph H. Williamson, transl., Diseases of Women: A Handbook for Physicians and Students, Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., page 213:
      The dilatation should be continued by suitably prepared tents, or if there be sufficient space, with a large colpeurynter, or if the canal be very narrow, with a small Tarnier's balloon.
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