See Also: Scanzoni's second os(medicine)
Scanzoni's manoeuvre(medicine)
Scanzoni, Friedrich(medicine)

probang (iou) and Scanzoni's second os (medicine)


probang (iou)



probang noun. Now rare. Orig. provang. M17.
[Origin unkn.: prob. altered after probe.]
Medicine. A long slender strip of flexible material with a sponge or the like at the end, used to remove a foreign body from the throat or apply a medication to it.

Scanzoni's second os (medicine)


Scanzoni's second os -->
pathologic retraction ring


A constriction located at the junction of the thinned lower uterine segment with the thick retracted upper uterine segment, resulting from obstructed labour; this is one of the classic signs of threatened rupture of the uterus.

Synonym: Bandl's ring, Baudelocque's uterine circle, Scanzoni's second os.