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noun
A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: haematocolpos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorder, upset
History
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.
