hysterotomy Surg.
(hɪstəˈrɒtəmɪ)
[mod.L. hysterotomi-a, f. hystero-1 + Gr. -τοµία cutting. Cf. F. hystérotomie.]
The operation of cutting into the uterus; the Cæsarean section; also excision, or dissection, of the uterus.
| [1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hysterotomia, an Anatomical Dissection of the Womb.] 1801 Med. Jrnl. V. 353 Hysterotomy, or the Cesarean Section was performed upon a woman at Rochdale. 1859 Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 206/1 Stark performed hysterotomy successfully for a tumour. |