episiotomyn.
/ɛpɪsɪˈɒtəmi/ Surgery.
Incision of the vulval orifice to facilitate parturition; an operation of this kind.
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Caesarean birth1661
hysterotomy1707
embryotomy1765
embryoctony1788
omphalotomy1828
cephalotomy1836
synchondrotomy1842
symphysiotomy1846
pelviotomy1847
version1853
gastro-hysterotomy1854
craniotomy1855
cranioclasm1860
pubiotomy1865
cephalotripsy1876
episiotomy1878
cleidotomy1901
Caesarean1923
Caesar1952
C-section1960
section1960
vacuum extraction1961
1878 A. E. Broomall in Amer. Jrnl. Obstetrics XI. 524 In 56 cases, when the perineum was unyielding,..I incised the vaginal orifice, and in nearly all of these cases I demonstrated..that episiotomy saved the perineum.
1953 G. B. Carter & G. H. Dodds Dict. Midwifery 166/1 A midwife may perform an episiotomy if she considers it to be in the interest of her patient.
1954 G. I. M. Swyer Reprod. & Sex xi. 127 A properly timed and executed episiotomy will nearly always prevent a third degree tear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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