Culdoscope dead-end street (or a dead-end way), a blind alley. Tsin DA.Development of flexible culdoscopy J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 2000 Aug;7(3):440; author reply 441-2. Culdoscope Culdoscope is an instrument, a kind of endoscope, used to visualize female pelvic organs, introduced through the vagina into the cul-de-sac (which is also called the rectouterine pouch or the pouch of Douglas). The procedure of inserting the culdoscope into the rectouterine pouch is termed culdoscopy. The word culdoscope (and culdoscopy) is derived from the phrase cul-de-sac, which in French literally means "bottom of a sac", here referring to a blind pouch or cavity in
Focus phrase Focus phrase "Focus Phrase" is a term traditionally used in cognitive-therapy and awareness-management discussions, and now in more general use to describe elicitor statements that evoke a desired refocusing of attention. Psychologically related terms are "elicitor phrase" or "statement of intent". The psychological term "Focus Phrase" is now used by therapists and life coaches as a general term. "Focus phrase" is defined as "a specially-constructed short sentence or phrase that states a person's inner intent to refocus his or her attention immediately in a new pre-ordained direction". Based both on new research in cognitive science and on cognitive-shifting studies of