colpotomy

American

[kol-pot-uh-mee] / kɒlˈpɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

incision of the vagina.

colpotomy British

/ kəlˈpɒtəmɪ /

noun

a surgical incision into the wall of the vagina

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

colpotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of colpotomy

colpo- ( see colposcope) + -tomy

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