colpo-, colp-, kolpo-, kolp-

(Greek: womb, fold; vagina; from "bosom, lap, bosomlike hollow, womb")

The letter "k" is frequently used in place of the beginning "c" for many of these words.

aerocolpos

Distention of the vagina with gas.

bathycolpian, bathukolpian

1. Having an ample bosom with a deep cleavage.
2. Having a deep bosom.
3. Etymology: "Big-breasted" from about 1825, from the Greek element bathykolpos; literally, "deep-bosomed" from bathys, "deep" plus kolpos, "breast".

colpalgia

colpectasia

colpectomy

A partial or complete surgical excision of the vagina.

colpedema

colpeurysia

colpitis

colpocele

colpoceliotomy

colpocleisis

colpocystic

colpocystitis

colpocystoplasty

colpocystotomy

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colpo-, colp-, kolpo-, kolp-

(Greek: womb, fold; vagina; from "bosom, lap, bosomlike hollow, womb")

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