hematocolpos

English

Alternative forms

• 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.

Noun

hematocolpos (uncountable)

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

   Coordinate terms: hydrocolpos (watery fluid in vagina), hematometra (blood in uterus), hydrometra (watery fluid in uterus); hematometrocolpos, hydrometrocolpos

Related terms

• colposcopy
• colpotomy

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hématocolpos.

Noun

hematocolpos n (plural hematocolposuri)

1. hematocolpos

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hematocolpos	hematocolposul		hematocolposuri	hematocolposurile
genitive-dative	hematocolpos	hematocolposului		hematocolposuri	hematocolposurilor
vocative	hematocolposule			hematocolposurilor

References

• hematocolpos in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

hematocolpos m (plural hematocolpos)

1. (pathology) hematocolpos