comb. form of L. uter-us UTERUS, occurring in various medical and surgical terms esp. with the sense ‘of or pertaining to the womb and —,’ as Utero-abdominal a., relating to, suitable for, the uterus and the abdomen. Utero-intestinal a., affecting or occurring in the uterus and the intestines. Utero-ovarian a., of or pertaining to the uterus and the ovary. Utero-peritoneal a., pertaining to, connecting the uterus and the peritoneum. Utero-placental a., pertaining to the uterus and the placenta. Utero-sacral a., pertaining to, connecting, the uterus and the sacrum. Uterotome, an instrument for incising the uterus. Uterotomy, surgical incision of the uterus; hysterotomy. Uterotractor U.S., a kind of ‘tractor’ or forceps used in operating for vaginal hysterectomy. Utero-vaginal, a., pertaining to, connected with, the uterus and the vagina. Urtero-vesical a., of or pertaining to the uterus and the bladder.
Various other terms are given in recent American or medical Dicts, as uterocervical, -copulatory, deferent, -fixation, -lith, -mania, -pelvic, -pexy, -tubal.
1838. Lancet, 21 April, 125/2. The *utero-abdominal supporter.
1896. Nomencl. Diseases, 199. Fistula. a. Utero-vesical. b. *Utero-intestinal.
1863. D. Skae, in Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry, IX. Oct., 317. There is a form of insanity … of which one of the most common symptoms is a sexual hallucination,—the belief that certain persons visit them and cohabit with them during the night, and other similar delusions. This form might be denominated *utero-mania, or ovario-mania.
1896. Lancet, 4 Jan., 33/1. Rheumatoid arthritis was neither the cause nor the effect of *utero-ovarian disturbance. Ibid. (1872), 18 May, 680/1. Case of *utero-peritoneal fistula.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Dict., 721. The *utero-placental veins.
1859. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., V. 707/1. As high up as the level of the *utero-sacral ligaments.
1863. Weiss, Catal. Surg. Instr., Pl. xxix. Sim’s *Uterotome … and Caustic Holder.
1846. Brittan, trans. Malgaigne’s Man Oper. Surg., 559. Incision of the Neck of the Uterus, or Vaginal *Uterotomy.
1890. Retrospect Med., CII. 111. A small, but important, detail is not to introduce the *utero-tractor into the uterine cavity.
1856. Lancet, 2 Feb., 129/1. New *utero-vaginal plug.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., II. 1092. The long combined utero-vaginal passage.
1822. Good, Study Med., IV. 153. *Utero-vesical Prolapse.
1891. Mouillin, Surg., 1346. The uterovesical pouch of peritoneumn.
