subinvolution
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From sub- + involution .
Noun
[edit ]subinvolution (countable and uncountable , plural subinvolutions )
- (medicine ) Partial or incomplete involution (usually of the uterus).
- subinvolution of the uterus or placental bed
- 1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, "[Notes, Short Comments, and Answers to Correspondents.] Erysipelas during Parturition.", in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, Chemistry, Public Health, Criticism, and News , volume II, number 2709, London: Published by John James Croft, [...], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 187, column 2:
- The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.
References
[edit ]- "subinvolution", in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.