fetotomy

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noun

The dissection of a dead unborn calf as an alternative to Caesarean section.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounfetotomy (countable and uncountable, plural fetotomies)

plural fetotomies

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe dissection of a dead unborn calf as an alternative to Caesarean section.

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