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gastroelytrotomy (medicine)


gastroelytrotomy
<procedure, surgery> The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous.

Origin: Gastro- + Gr sheath + a cutting.

Source: Websters Dictionary