Meanings
nouncolpeurynter (plural colpeurynters)
plural colpeurynters
- obsoletemedicineAn inflatable bag used to dilate the vagina or cervical canal.
The dilatation should be continued by suitably prepared tents, or if there be sufficient space, with a large colpeurynter, or if the canal be very narrow, with a small Tarnier's balloon.
1887, Franz Winckel, “Lesions of the Vagina and their Results, Vaginal Cicatrices”, in Joseph H. Williamson, transl., Diseases of Women: A Handbook for Physicians and Students, Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., page 213
Origin
See colpo- (“vagina”) and eury- (“wide, broad”).
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