LAPARO-ELYTROTOMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 25

n. Laap"a2r-o-e2l-i2t-ron'o2m-i2. From Aairapa isci- LxpAUA).!\vTpov. n sheath, and TO^>?. a cutting, (icr Hniu-liiH-lii-iih'iixchiiitt. Syn.: lvis. but through the os uteri, as a substitute for the Csesarean operation in cases of pelvic deformity; proposed by Ritgeu and first done by T. G. Thomas. [s. 578]