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hematocolpos

hematocolpos noun: a medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.

Noun

hematocolpos (uncountable)

  1. A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.

Forms of hematocolpos

alternative formhaematocolpos

Origin of hematocolpos

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + κόλπος (kólpos, “any hollow space; womb”); essentially equivalent to a surface analysis of hemato- + colp- + -us.

Questions about hematocolpos

What does hematocolpos mean?
Hematocolpos means a medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
What part of speech is hematocolpos?
Hematocolpos is a noun.

Words near hematocolpos in the dictionary

  1. hematochemistry
  2. hematochezia
  3. hematochromatosis
  4. hematochrome
  5. hematochromes
  6. hematocolpos
  7. hematocrit
  8. hematocrits
  9. hematocryal
  10. hematocrystallin
  11. hematocyst

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