episiotomy

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As well, unnecessary episiotomy is a form of sexual abuse.

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  1. noun Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth to facilitate delivery.

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  • I learned terms like amniocentesis, alpha-fetoprotein, episiotomy, gestational diabetes, Braxton-Hicks contractions, and postpartum stress. —  AnalogSFF,October2005
  • Those procedures include drugs to start or speed up labor, episiotomy (cutting the genitals with surgical scissors to widen the vaginal opening), placing metal forceps or a vacuum extractor on the baby's head to pull the baby out (you can imagine the risks involved in this), and cesarean section to cut the baby out. —  My Strange Mind
  • Among midwives in independent practice in the United States (that is, when doctors are not ordering midwives what to do), between two percent and twenty percent undergo episiotomy. —  My Strange Mind
  • Scientific evidence shows that having an episiotomy means more bleeding, more pain, more permanent deformity of the vagina, more painful sexual intercourse for months or even years. —  My Strange Mind
  • As well, unnecessary episiotomy is a form of sexual abuse. —  My Strange Mind
 

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  1. Greek epīsion, pubic region + -tomy.

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  1. Greek ἐπίσειον, the region of the pubes, + -τομια, from ταμεῖν, cut.
 

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/ɛpɪsaɪˈɑtəmi/
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