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colpohysterotomy

colpohysterotomy noun: a hysterotomy carried out via the vagina.

Noun

colpohysterotomy (plural colpohysterotomies)

  1. (obsolete) A hysterotomy carried out via the vagina.
    • Complete colophysterotomy with an incision from the external os to the fundus will be found necessary in the large majority of cases.1903, “Chronic Inversion of the Uterus”, in American Gynecology, page 503

Forms of colpohysterotomy

pluralcolpohysterotomies

Origin of colpohysterotomy

From colpo- + hysterotomy.

Questions about colpohysterotomy

What does colpohysterotomy mean?
Colpohysterotomy means a hysterotomy carried out via the vagina.
What part of speech is colpohysterotomy?
Colpohysterotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of colpohysterotomy?
The plural of colpohysterotomy is colpohysterotomies.

Words near colpohysterotomy in the dictionary

  1. colpodids
  2. colpohysterectomies
  3. colpohysterectomy
  4. colpohysteropexy
  5. colpohysterotomies
  6. colpohysterotomy
  7. colpomicroscope
  8. colpomicroscopes
  9. colpomicroscopy
  10. colponemid
  11. colponemidian

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