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colpocleisis en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The surgical closure of the vagina, used to treat prolapse.
    • Objective: To summarize published data about colpocleisis and to highlight areas about which data are lacking. 2005 June, Mary P. FitzGerald, Holly E. Richter, Sohail Siddique, Peter Thompson, Halina Zyczynski, and Ann Weber, “Colpocleisis: a review”, in International Urogynecology Journal, volume 17: