gastroelytrotomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gastro- + elytrotomy.
Noun
[edit]gastroelytrotomy (uncountable)
- (surgery, dated) 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.
References
[edit]- “gastroelytrotomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.