Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the cutting of the umbilical cord.
- noun In surgery, the operation of dividing the navel-string.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of dividing the navel-string.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The cutting of the umbiliical cord.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek navel + to cut: compare French omphalotomie.
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