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Webster 1913 Edition

Hysterotomy

Hysˊter-ot′o-my

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ὑστέρα
womb +
τέμνειν
to cut: cf. F.
hystérotomie
.]
(Med.)
The act of cutting into the uterus, as in Cæsarean section. See under
Cæsarean
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hysterotomy

HYSTEROT'OMY

,
Noun.
[Gr. the uterus, and a cutting.] In surgery, the Cesarean section; the operation of cutting into the uterus for taking out a fetus, which cannot be excluded by the usual means.

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