See Also: hysterosalpingostomy(medicine)

polatouche (iou) and hysterosalpingostomy (medicine)


polatouche (iou)



polatouche noun. E19.
[French from Russian poletusha.]
A flying squirrel, Pteromys volans, inhabiting coniferous forests across northern Eurasia.

hysterosalpingostomy (medicine)


hysterosalpingostomy
<procedure> Operation to restore patency of a uterine tube.

Origin: hystero-+ G. Salpinx, trumpet, + stoma, mouth