hydrometrocolpos

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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