HYSTEROTOMY

n. Hiast-ear-oat'o-mia. Lat., hysterotomia (from vor<pa, the womb, and Tofiif, a cutting). Fr., hysterotomie. Ger., Hysterotomie, Gebdrmutterschnitt. 1. An incision into the uterus. 2. Di ection of the uterus. Abdominal h., Caesarean h. See Ccesarean OPERATION. Cervical h. Fr., hysterotome cervicale. Uterine tracheotomy, [a, 40.] Igneous h. Dieulafoy's method for the enucleation of solid tumors of the womb, especially fibroids, with a knife heated to a red heat. [Barnes (a, 40).] l.;ip'aro-li. Ger., Bauchgebarmutterschnitt. See Ccesarean OPERATION. Supra vaginal h. Incision into the uterus in Csesarean section, [a, 40.] Vaglual h. Syn.: dilatation of the cervix by [s. 426]