subinvolution

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subinvolution

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Etymology

From sub- +‎ involution.

Noun

subinvolution (countable and uncountable, plural subinvolutions)

1. (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

• “subinvolution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.