hydrocolpos

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), + κόλπος (kólpos, “any hollow space; womb”); essentially equivalent to a surface analysis of hydro- + colp- + -us.

Noun

hydrocolpos (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A condition characterised by a distended, fluid-filled vaginal cavity.

   Coordinate terms: hematocolpos (blood in vagina), hydrometra (watery fluid in uterus), hematometra (blood in uterus); hydrometrocolpos, hematometrocolpos

Related terms

• colposcopy
• colpotomy