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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.
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- noun surgery The
operation ofcutting into the upper part of thevagina , through theabdomen (without opening theperitoneum ), for the purpose of removing afoetus .
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Ancient Greek
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