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  • noun medicine A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle

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  • At other times, a procedure called culdocentesis may be needed to lock in a diagnosis.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

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