Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HYS-TE-ROT'O-MY
HYS-TE-ROT'O-MY, n. [Gr. υστερα, the uterus, and τομη, a cutting.]
In surgery, the Cesarean section; the operation of cutting into the uterus for taking out a fetus, which can not be excluded by the usual means.
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