Medical Definition of Hyperinvolution
1. An extreme reduction in size of the uterus, after childbirth, below the normal size of the nongravid organ. Synonym: hyperinvolution. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperinvolution
Literary usage of Hyperinvolution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gynæcology: A Textbook for Students and a Guide for Practitioners by William Rice Pryor (1903)
"After the condition has lasted some months curettage is indicated, to be followed
by the above treatment. hyperinvolution.—Occasionally after labour or some ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"The hyperinvolution or atrophy is fully established between the eighth and ...
hyperinvolution may occur independently of lactation, as shown by Hansen and ..."
3. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"The principal symptom of uterine hyperinvolution is painful and scanty menstruation
or amenorrhea. The treatment is not satisfactory. ..."
4. The Practice of Gynecology by John Wesley Bovée (1906)
"hyperinvolution, Lactation Atrophy.—In certain other cases involution instead of
being ... There seems to be a more or less physiological hyperinvolution ..."
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