colpoperineorrhaphy

(kol-po-per-I-ne-or'a-fl) [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), -f per in a i on, perineum, + rhaphe, sewing.] plastic operation for restoring )LPOPERINEORRHAPHY the integrity of the vagina and perineum in cases jf perineal tears. + 'popexy [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), pexis, ixation.] Suture of a relaxed and prolapsed iragina to the abdominal wall. + 'poplasty [G. kolpos, vagina, pla d, I form.] Elytroplasty. A popol'ypus [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina).] polypus of the vagina. poptosia (kol-pop-to'sl-ah) [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), + ptosis, a falling.] Prolapse of the vaginal walls. porrhagia (kol-p6-ra'jI-ah) [G. kolpos, sinus + [vagina), -rhagia.] Vaginal hemorrhage. + por'rhaphy [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), rhaphe, i sewing.] Elytrorrhaphy; repair of a rupture 3f the vagina by freshening and suturing the sdges of the tear. + porrhez'is [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), rhexis, A rupture.] tearing of the vaginal wall. + 'poscope [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), skopeo, A view.] vaginal speculum. [ pospasm (kol'po-spazm) [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), + spasfnos, spasm.] Spasmodic contraction of the vaginal wall. + posteno's is [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), stenosis, a arrowing.] Narrowing of the lumen of the yagina. postenot'omy [G. tome, incision.] Division of a;olpostenosis, or stricture of the vagina. potherm (kol'po-thurm) [G. kolpos, vagina, + 'her me, heat.] A small electric lamp enclosed in a metal box which is introduced into the vagina:n order to convey heat to the parts. + pot'omy [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina) tome, incision.] Elytrotomy, a cutting operation in the vagina. po-ureterocystotomy (kol-po-u-re''ter-o-sis-tot'oml). Colpocysto-ureterotomy. po-ureterot'omy [G. kolpos, sinus (vagina), + -Irurlter, ureter, tome, incision.] Incision into 1 ureter through the vagina. poxerosis (kol-po-ze-ro's is) [G. kolpos, sinus [vagina), + xerosis, dryne .] Abnormal dryne jf the vaginal mucous membrane. t-ill. A term applied to strangles when affecting;olts. ts'foot. Tu ilago, farfara (N.P.), employed as popular remedy for cough, false c, asarum, I m\A ginger. t's-tail. Erigeron. iumbia Springs, N. Y. Saline-sulphureted waters. ''our springs. 'umbin. Calumbin. A lumbittm (ko-lum'M-um) [Columbia.] supjosed element thought to exist in the mineral lamarskite, symbol Cb, atomic weight 93.5; the Jement niobium was formerly called columMum, hence the symbol of the latter, Cb, is lome times referred to niobium. um'bo. Calumba. umella (kol-oo-mel'lah) [L. dim. of column a,;olumn.] i. A column, a small column. 2. in Myxomycetes the continuation of the pedicel n the center. of the capsule, around which the iporangium is developed, c. au'ris, a bone in the!ar of a bird corresponding to the stapes in nammals. c. coch'lea, modiolus, c. for'nicis, me of the pillars of the fornix, c. na'si, the ower margin of the septum nas i. limn (kol'um) [L. column a.] An anatomical )art or structure in the form of a pillar or cylinder; uniculus, fasciculus, ante'rior c, (i, gray):olumna anterior; (2, white) funiculus anterior.