Colpocleisis

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical closure of the vagina, used to treat prolapse. uncountable

    "Objective: To summarize published data about colpocleisis and to highlight areas about which data are lacking."

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"Objective: To summarize published data about colpocleisis and to highlight areas about which data are lacking."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos) + Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis). By surface analysis, colpo- + -cleisis.

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