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RECTOUTERINE POUCH

\ɹˈɛkta͡ʊtəɹˌiːn pˈa͡ʊt͡ʃ], \ɹˈɛkta‍ʊtəɹˌiːn pˈa‍ʊt‍ʃ], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_aʊ_t_ə_ɹ_ˌiː_n p_ˈaʊ_tʃ]\

Definitions of RECTOUTERINE POUCH

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1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A sac or recess formed by a fold of the peritoneum.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Syn.: Douglass pouch (or space, or culdesac), fossa rectouterina. A pouch of peritoneum situated between the rectum behind and the cervix uteri and the upper part of the vagina in front, and bounded laterally by the recto-uterine folds

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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