embryotomy

English edit

Etymology edit

embryo +‎ -tomy

Noun edit

embryotomy (countable and uncountable, plural embryotomies)

(medicine) The act of cutting up a deceased foetus, so that it can be removed from the womb.
Synonym: fetotomy

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Translations edit

Translations

German: Embryotomie (de) f

References edit

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

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