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HYSTEROTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hysterotomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Holonyms ("hysterotomy" is a part of...):
abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
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