TY - JOUR
AU1 - Taher, M A
AB - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Endovaginal? Note:- The Editor will be happy to entertain thoughts (in written form) from others wishing to enter this fray. To the Editor:- With new techniques come new words and the task of the medical neologist is not to be taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly. High-frequency ultrasonic probes allow examination of the female pelvis per vaginam and the method used may reasonably be described as "transvaginal" or "pervaginal" scanning. To the Editor:- [ enjoyed the research paper, "A Model Unhappily, the term "endovaginal" is creeping in. B ~ for the Comparison of Pharmacologic Agents Influenc· fore it takes root it should be recognized for whatit is- a ing Gallbladder Contraction," by Drs. Schlauch et al Q bastard- and not even a good bastard at that. The Ultrasound Med 7:15, 1988) and would like to add a few Greek prefix evoov means within or inside. lf scanning is points. For example, a patient with upper abdominal intended to be within the vagina, the term should be pain might have mild-to-moderate gastric outlet ob­ "endocolpic" from Ko).poa (the vagina), if we are not to struction; a fatty meal in that case would take quite a 
TI - Gallbladder contraction.
JF - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
DO - 10.7863/jum.1989.8.4.222a
DA - 1989-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/gallbladder-contraction-SLUr0vWzN0
SP - 222
EP - 222
VL - 8
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -