hematocolpos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

hematocolpos haematocolpos

Etymology

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.

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