culdoscopy

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Etymology

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From culdo- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

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culdoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural culdoscopies)

  1. (medicine) Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
    • 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:
      Decker had just introduced his culdoscope and was advocating culdoscopy. I actually saw two peritoneoscopies during training but it had not achieved wide use.

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