hydrometrocolpos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Distention of the vagina and uterus by watery fluid other than blood or pus.

Word forms

hydrometrocolpos

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.

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