episiotomy
Meaning of episiotomy
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 episiotomy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of episiotomy is: episiotomies.
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Hyphenation of episiotomy
epi-siotomy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- episiotomy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of episiotomy
- Spanish: episiotomía
- French: épisiotomie
- Italian: episiotomia
- Portuguese: episiotomia
Words that rhyme with episiotomy
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