ELYTROTOMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 32

n. Esl-i2t(ut)-ro2t'o-mi2. Lat., elytrotomia (from eAurpof, a sheath, and rti.vn.v, to cut). Ger., Scheidensclmitt, Elytrotoinie. It., elitrotomia. An incision through the wall of the vagina. Gastro-e., L<aparo-e. See LAPARO-ELYTROTOMY. [s. 685]