cephalotripsy
Meanings
noun
- The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb.
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Etymology
From cephalo- + -tripsy, from τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -y.
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