gastroelytrotomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus.

Word forms

gastroelytrotomy

Etymology

From gastro- + elytrotomy.

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