| 单词 | douglas's pouch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDouglas's pouch In the genitive and with of. Designating several anatomical structures described by or named after Douglas; spec. (esp. in pouch of Douglas, Douglas's pouch) designating the rectouterine pouch, a pocket of peritoneum located between the rectum and the uterus.This pocket of peritoneum was described by Douglas in 1730 ( Descr. Peritonæum). ΚΠ 1856 C. West Lect. Dis. Women I. xv. 273 The interspace between the uterus and rectum, which continental writers commonly speak of as the space of Douglas. 1858 A. Farre Article Uterus & its Appendages 683/1 The fundus occupies a position more or less deep between the cervix and rectum, filling and distending the pouch of Douglas. 1880 Lancet 25 Sept. 494/2 Tappings through the peritoneum..for accumulation of fluid in Douglas's pouch. 1890 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. Aug. 180/1 A tumor as large as an orange, lying close to Douglas's cul-de-sac on the left side. 1907 Practitioner Nov. 678 Ulcer stitched, Douglas's space opened, and drainage tube inserted. 1913 E. E. Montgomery in W. W. Keen Surgery VI. 864 The under half of the ureter lies to the side and extends forward into Douglas' fold. 1954 L. T. Morton Garrison & Morton's Med. Bibliogr. (ed. 2) 107 Douglas described the peritoneum in detail; his name is perpetuated in the ‘pouch’, ‘line’, and ‘fold of Douglas’. 1970 Cumul. Index Med. 1969 X. 5621/1 Puncture of Douglas' pouch in cytodiagnosis of ovarian neoplasms. 2006 Clin. Radiol. 61 917/2 The peritoneum is attached to the uppermost part of the posterior wall of the vagina in women, forming the recto-uterine or rectovaginal pouch of Douglas. < as lemmas |
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