Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for cutting the uterus; especially, a knife or scissors for enlarging the cervical canal of the uterus.
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- noun Special knife used in a
hysterectomy - noun Obsolete spelling of
hysterotomy .
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Examples
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In performing this operation, we use a cutting instrument called the hysterotome (see Figs. 4 and 5).
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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If the neck is only slightly elongated, this consists in dividing the slim projecting part, by the use of the _hysterotome_, If it be a more aggravated case, a portion of the womb must be removed.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
bilby commented on the word hysterotome
Illustration here if you scroll down a bit.
April 5, 2011