hydrometrocolpos

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hydrometrocolpos (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Distention of the vagina and uterus by watery fluid other than blood or pus.

   Coordinate terms: hydrometra, hydrocolpos; hematometra, hematocolpos; hematometrocolpos

Related terms

• colposcopy
• colpotomy
• metroscopy
• metrotomy