Meanings
- datedrareuncountablemedicineThe surgical closure of the uterus by suturing the edges of the os.
Eight cases were operated on (including his own) by hysterocleisis, kolpocleisis, or nephrectomy.
1893, The Monthly Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine2 more examples
As to the gynecological teaching, there is much that might be criticised, as, for instance, the recommendation of Hegar's perineorrhaphy, the including of hysterocleisis, and colpocleisis and the vaginal fixation of the uterus.
1904, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 725Indirect obliteration is very simply obtained by denuding and then suturing the lips of the cervix (hysterocleisis).
1913, Henri Albert Charles Antoine Hartmann, Gynecological operations, page 515
Origin
- Ancient Greekκλεῖσις
- Ancient Greekὑστέρα
- Englishhysterocleisis
From Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra) + Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis). By surface analysis, hystero- + -cleisis.
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