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cephalotome

cephalotome noun: an instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery during a stillbirth.

Noun

cephalotome (plural cephalotomes)

  1. (archaic) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery during a stillbirth.

cephalotome meaning in Tamil

cephalotome in Tamil

மகவுத் தலை வெட்டி

Synonyms of cephalotome

Forms of cephalotome

pluralcephalotomes

Origin of cephalotome

From cephalo- + -tome.

Questions about cephalotome

What does cephalotome mean?
Cephalotome means an instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery during a stillbirth.
What is cephalotome in Tamil?
Cephalotome in Tamil is மகவுத் தலை வெட்டி. See Cephalotome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cephalotome?
Cephalotome is a noun.
What is the plural of cephalotome?
The plural of cephalotome is cephalotomes.

Words near cephalotome in the dictionary

  1. cephalothorax
  2. cephalothoraxes
  3. cephalothricid
  4. cephalothricids
  5. cephalotin
  6. cephalotome
  7. cephalotomes
  8. cephalotomies
  9. cephalotomy
  10. cephalotoxin
  11. cephalotoxins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cephalotome (page history and authors); cephalotome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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