episiotomy
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/
  • (British) IPA: /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/
Noun

episiotomy (plural episiotomies)

  1. (medical) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
Translations
  • French: épisiotomie
  • Italian: episiotomia
  • Portuguese: episiotomia
  • Russian: эпизиотоми́я
  • Spanish: episiotomía



This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Offline English dictionary