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hysterocleisis en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra) + Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis). By surface analysis, hystero- + -cleisis.

Meanings

  1. (dated, rare, uncountable) The surgical closure of the uterus by suturing the edges of the os.
    • As to the gynecological teaching, there is much that might be criticised, as, for instance, the recommendation of Hegar's perineorrhaphy, the including of hysterocleisis, and colpocleisis and the vaginal fixation of the uterus. 1904, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 725:
    • Eight cases were operated on (including his own) by hysterocleisis, kolpocleisis, or nephrectomy. 1893, The Monthly Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine:
    • Indirect obliteration is very simply obtained by denuding and then suturing the lips of the cervix (hysterocleisis). 1913, Henri Albert Charles Antoine Hartmann, Gynecological operations, page 515: