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EPISIOTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("episiotomy" is a kind of...):
perineotomy (surgical incision into the perineum)