embryotomy
English
Etymology
embryo + -tomy
Noun
embryotomy (plural embryotomies)
- (medicine) The act of cutting a foetus into pieces within the womb, so that it can be removed.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for embryotomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)