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hysterotomy

noun
hys路​ter路​ot路​o路​my | \ 藢hi-st蓹-藞r盲-t蓹-m膿 How to pronounce hysterotomy (audio) \
plural hysterotomies

Definition of hysterotomy

: surgical incision of the uterus usually made by a transabdominal approach also : a procedure (as a cesarean section) involving such an incision

First Known Use of hysterotomy

1801, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hysterotomy

New Latin hysterotomia, from hyster- + -tomia -tomy

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hysterotomy

noun
hys路​ter路​ot路​o路​my | \ 藢his-t蓹-藞r盲t-蓹-m膿 How to pronounce hysterotomy (audio) \
plural hysterotomies

Medical Definition of hysterotomy

: surgical incision of the uterus usually made by a transabdominal approach also : a procedure (as a cesarean section) involving such an incision

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