Culdoscope

Culdoscope
Culdoscope

Culdoscope is an instrument, a kind of endoscope, used to visualize female pelvic organs, introduced through the vagina into the cul-de-sac (which is also called the rectouterine pouch or the pouch of Douglas).[1][2][3] The procedure of inserting the culdoscope into the rectouterine pouch is termed culdoscopy.[2]

The word culdoscope (and culdoscopy) is derived from the phrase cul-de-sac, which in French literally means "bottom of a sac", here referring to a blind pouch or cavity in the female body that is closed at one end, that is the rectouterine pouch. As early as the 13th century, a cul-de-sac was a dead-end street (or a dead-end way), a blind alley.[2]

References

  1. ^ "culdoscope: Definition from Answers.com". http://www.answers.com/topic/culdoscope-2. 
  2. ^ a b c "Culdoscope definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms". http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8498. 
  3. ^ "culdoscopy - definition of culdoscopy in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.". http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/culdoscopy. 

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  • culdoscope — noun A kind of endoscope used in culdoscopy …   Wiktionary

  • Culdoscope — Cul·do·scope …   English syllables

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