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Webster 1913 Edition
Gastroelytrotomy
Gasˊtro-elˊy-trot′o-my
,Noun.
[
Gastro-
+ Gr [GREEK] sheath + [GREEK] a cutting] (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.