COLPO-HYPERPLASIA

(Lat.), n. f. Koalp-o(oa)-hip(hupV U5r(ear)-plaz(pla )'i2-a3. For deriv., see COLPOS and HYPERPLASIA. Fr., colpohyperplasie. Hyperplasia of the vaginal mucous membrane. C.-n. cystic a [Winckel]. Fr., colpohyperplasie kystique. A form of degeneration of the mucous membrane of the vagina described as met with in pregnant women, characterized by the formation of a multitude of small flattened cysts. The latter are supposed to be due to retention of mucus in cavities formed by the adhesion of adjacent cristee, and their contents are finally made " up in part of trimethylamine gas. [Winckel, Arch. f. GynSk.," ii, 1871, p. 383.] [s. 355]