hysterotomen.
/ˈhɪstərə(ʊ)təʊm/, U.S. /ˈhɪstərəˌtoʊm/, /ˈhɪstəroʊˌtoʊm/ Surgery. Now historical.
Any of various surgical instruments used to open or incise the uterus.
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metrotome1857
1828 Q. Periscope Pract. Med. Jan. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 8 200/1 The surgeon took the hysterotome of Osiander, and commenced his incision in the right side of the vagina.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 96 Hysterotomes and Instruments for Paracentesis Uteri.
1864 Daily Tel. 13 Aug. We will not fight with the pen against lancets, and probes, and hysterotomes, and the tremendous armoury of the surgical cutlers.
1995 Ann. Royal Coll. Surgeons Eng. 77 384/2 On the same principle, the twin-bladed hysterotome or metrotome assumed importance as an instrument of the gynaecologist's armamentarium in the later nineteenth century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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