episiotomy
Meanings
noun
- A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).
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