episiotomies
Meaning of episiotomies
plural noun
a surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues.
late 19th century: from Greek epision ‘pubic region’ + -tomy.
Information about episiotomies
- It is a name.
- The singular form of episiotomies is: episiotomy.
- Languages in which episiotomies is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of episiotomies
epi-siotomies
- It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
- episiotomies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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