English Explanatory Dictionary

cephalotome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery during a stillbirth.

Word forms

cephalotome cephalotomes

Etymology

From cephalo- + -tome.

Synonyms

cephalotribe cranioclast

Related words

cephalotomy

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