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episiotomy.

A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/US/ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/UK
  1. A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.

Where this word comes from

From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).

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