cephalotripsy

English

Etymology

From cephalo- + τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -y.

Noun

cephalotripsy (countable and uncountable, plural cephalotripsies)

1. (medicine) The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb.

   Synonym: cranioclasm

Related terms

• cephalotribe

References

• “cephalotripsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• petrophysical