NOUN | act | hysterotomy | surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) |
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Meaning | surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section). | |
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Part of | cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery | The delivery / delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
Spanish | histerostomía, histerotomia | |
Catalan | histerotomia |
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