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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In obstetrics, the use of, or the act of operating with, the cephalotribe; the operation of crushing the head of the fetus in the womb to facilitate delivery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The act or
operation ofcrushing thehead of afoetus in thewomb in order toeffect delivery .
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