Definitions for "Culdocentesis"
Keywords:  posterior, pus, needle, sac, formix
A procedure to remove pus or blood from the abdomen through the vagina.
Needle aspiration of intraperitoneal fluid or blood through a puncture of the posterior vaginal formix into the cul-de-sac.
A test that determines the presence of blood or pus in a space behind the uterus called the cul-de-sac.