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embryotomy

American

[em-bree-ot-uh-mee] / ˌɛm briˈɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

dismemberment of a fetus, when natural delivery is impossible, in order to effect its removal.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

embryotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of embryotomy

From the French word embryotomie, dating back to 1715–25. See embryo-, -tomy

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