| colpo- | Combining form from the Greek kolpos meaning a fold, cleft, or hollow and usually referring to the vagina. Words incorporating colpo- as the start of the word include colporrhaphy, colposcopy, colpotomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| colpocele | 1. A hernia projecting into the vagina. Synonym: coleocele, vaginocele. Synonym: colpoptosis. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocleisis | Operation for obliterating the lumen of the vagina. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kleisis, closure (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocystitis | An obsolete term for inflammation of both vagina and bladder. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocystocele | Synonym: cystocele. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocystoplasty | Plastic surgery to repair the vesicovaginal wall. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocystotomy | Incision into the bladder through the vagina. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpocystoureterotomy | Incision into the ureter by way of the vagina and the bladder. Origin: colpo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + oureter, ureter, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpodynia | Synonym: vaginodynia. Origin: colpo-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpohysterectomy | Synonym: vaginal hysterectomy. Origin: colpo-+ G. Hystera, uterus, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpohysteropexy | Operation for fixation of the uterus performed through the vagina. Origin: colpo-+ G. Hystera, uterus, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpohysterotomy | Synonym: vaginal hysterotomy. Origin: colpo-+ G. Hystera, uterus, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpomicroscope | <instrument> Special microscope for direct visual examination of the cervical tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpomicroscopy | Direct observation and study of cells in the vagina and cervix magnified in vivo, in the undisturbed tissue, by means of a colpomicroscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colpomycosis | Vaginal infection due to a fungus. Synonym: colpomycosis. (05 Mar 2000) |