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