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EPISIOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does episiotomy mean?
• EPISIOTOMY (noun)
The noun EPISIOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
Familiarity information: EPISIOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("episiotomy" is a kind of...):
perineotomy (surgical incision into the perineum)
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