colpo-, colp-, kolpo-, kolp-

(Greek: womb, fold; vagina; from "bosom, lap, hollow")

The letter "k" is frequently used in place of the beginning "c" for many of these words.

colpopolypus
colporectopexy
colporrhagia
colporrhaphy
colporrhea
1. Diarrhea thought to originate from a process confined to or affecting chiefly the colon.
2. A discharge of mucus from the colon.
colportage (noun) (no plural)
The act or process of selling religious books and literature by individuals specifically employed to do so: Tom's cousin was employed during the summer to complete the colportage of Bibles and other books about his denomination's religious beliefs.
colporteur (s) (noun), colporteurs (pl)
1. A hawker or seller of books, essays, newspapers, etc.; especially in English use, someone who is employed by a religious group to travel around and to sell or to distribute Bibles and other religious writings: The colporteurs, Susan and Sally, were going from one house to another in Jan's neighborhood in an effort to sell their religious publications.
2. Etymology: from French colporter; probably from Old French comporter, "to carry"; influenced through folk etymology by porter à col, "to carry on one's neck". A French alteration influenced by col, "neck", from the idea that "peddlers carried their wares on trays suspended from straps around their necks".
colposcope
A surgical instrument used to examine the vagina and the cervix of the womb.
colposcopy
The examination of the cervix (entrance to the womb) and the vagina with a colposcope.
colpospasm
A spasmodic contraction of the vagina.

The sustained tight contraction of the muscular wall of the vagina, most commonly as a feature of vaginismus.

colpostat
colpostenosis (s) (noun), colpostenosies (pl)
The narrowing of the vagina.
colpostenotomy (s) (noun), colpostenotomies (pl0
A surgical incision into the vagina to relieve a stricture or narrowing produced by trauma, infection, radiation, or occurring congenitally.
colpotherm
A device used for measuring the temperature of the vagina, said to be useful for detecting ovulation.
colpotomy