hydrometrocolpos

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What does hydrometrocolpos mean?

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

Where does hydrometrocolpos come from?

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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