EMBRYOTOMY

n. E2m-bri2-o2t'o-mi2. Gr., ewSpvoTOfua (from infipvov, the embryo, and re/jiveiv, to cut). Lat., embryo tomia. Fr., embryotomie, morcellement du fo?tus. Ger., Embryotomie, Zerstiickelung des Kindes. 1. Anciently, the operation of cutting the umbilical cord of a new-born child. [A, 387.] 2. Any operation, especially rhachiotomy, for reducing the bulk of the fostus to facilitate delivery. Affleck's method of e. Syn.: Mac donald\i method. Rhachiotomy followed by forced podalic version. [A, 15.] Boens's method of e. The removal of all the prolapsed parts of the foetus, followed by thoracic and abdominal evisceration, crushing of the walls of the thorax with the fingers, and finally the complete division of the foetus into two parts and the separate extraction of the two. [A, 15.] Celsus's method of e., Cervical e. See U2, blue; U3, lull; U, fuJ; U, urn; U, like ii (German). [s. 687]