culdocentesis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

culdo- +‎ -centesis

Noun[edit]

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culdocentesis (countable and uncountable, plural culdocenteses)

  1. (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.