Taber's Medical Dictionary
Couvelaire uterus
(koo-vlār′ )
[Alexandre Couvelaire, Fr. obstetrician, 1873-1948]
A potential complication of placental abruption in which blood flows into the myometrium. Such a uterus is enlarged and tense; it contracts poorly and may occasionally rupture.
SYN: SEE: uteroplacental apoplexy
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Couvelaire Uterus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761662/all/Couvelaire_uterus.
Couvelaire uterus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761662/all/Couvelaire_uterus. Accessed April 13, 2025.
Couvelaire uterus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761662/all/Couvelaire_uterus
Couvelaire Uterus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761662/all/Couvelaire_uterus.
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