"episiotomy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/ [US], /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/ [UK] Forms: episiotomies [plural]
Etymology: From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|episio|tomy|gloss2=surgical incision}} episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), {{der|en|grc|ἐπίσιον||pubic region}} Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} episiotomy (plural episiotomies)
  1. (medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth. Wikipedia link: episiotomy Categories (topical): Medicine, Pregnancy Translations (surgical incision): بضع الفرج (Arabic), էպիզիոտոմիա (ēpiziotomia) (Armenian), պերինեոտոմիա (perineotomia) (Armenian), շեքահատում (šekʻahatum) (Armenian), episiotomia [feminine] (Catalan), 會陰切開術 (Chinese Mandarin), 会阴切开术 (huìyīn-qièkāishù) (Chinese Mandarin), epiziotomie [feminine] (Czech), nástřih hráze (Czech), episiotomie [feminine] (Dutch), epi [feminine] (Dutch), episiotomia (Finnish), épisiotomie [feminine] (French), gátmetszés (Hungarian), epiziotómia (Hungarian), episiotomi (Indonesian), episiotomia [feminine] (Italian), 会陰切開 (Japanese), епизиотомија (epiziotomija) (Macedonian), episiotomia (Polish), nacięcie krocza [neuter] (Polish), episiotomia [feminine] (Portuguese), epiziotomie [feminine] (Romanian), perineotomie [feminine] (Romanian), эпизиотоми́я (epiziotomíja) [feminine] (Russian), episiotomía [feminine] (Spanish), perineotomi [common-gender] (Swedish), episiotomi [common-gender] (Swedish), klipp [common-gender] (Swedish), epizyotomi (Turkish), perineotomi (Turkish)

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      "roman": "epiziotomíja",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эпизиотоми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "episiotomía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "perineotomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "episiotomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "word": "epizyotomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "surgical incision",
      "word": "perineotomi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "episiotomy"
}

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