HYSTEROTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hysterotomy mean? 

• HYSTEROTOMY (noun)
  The noun HYSTEROTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)

  Familiarity information: HYSTEROTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYSTEROTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hysterotomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Holonyms ("hysterotomy" is a part of...):

abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))