"cephalotomy" meaning in All languages combined

See cephalotomy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cephalotomies [plural]
Etymology: From cephalo- + -tomy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cephalo|tomy}} cephalo- + -tomy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cephalotomy (usually uncountable, plural cephalotomies)
  1. dissection or opening of the head Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cephalotomy-en-noun-hTqVxhtt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. (medicine, historical) A craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of a dead fetal head with a saw. Tags: historical, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cephalotomy-en-noun-bnvGZePc Categories (other): Medicine, English terms prefixed with cephalo-, English terms suffixed with -tomy Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cephalo-: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tomy: 44 56 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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