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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)
- (medicine) Distention of the vagina and uterus by watery fluid other than blood or pus.
- Coordinate terms: hydrometra, hydrocolpos; hematometra, hematocolpos; hematometrocolpos