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PERINEOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perineotomy mean?
• PERINEOTOMY (noun)
The noun PERINEOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision into the perineum
Familiarity information: PERINEOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the perineum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("perineotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perineotomy"):
episiotomy (surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth)
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