Hematocolpos

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen. uncountable
  2. 2
    accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen) wordnet

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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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