colpeurynter

See colpo- (“vagina”) and eury- (“wide, broad”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

colpeurynter (plural colpeurynters)

1. (obsolete, medicine) An inflatable bag used to dilate the vagina or cervical canal.
   • 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:

     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.

• “colpeurynter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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