Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In obstetrics, an instrument for crushing the head of the infant in the womb in cases of difficult delivery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
obstetric instrument for performingcephalotripsy .
Etymologies
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cephalo- + Ancient Greek to rub, grind.
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