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Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.

The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.

An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.

The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.

Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.

Surrounding the uterus.

An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.

A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.

To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.

ght forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation. Presentation copy, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard.

own of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

e state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.

Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.

e the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. Coleridge.

The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.