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cephalotripsies

cephalotripsies is the plural of cephalotripsy.

Meaning of cephalotripsy

Noun

cephalotripsy (countable and uncountable, plural cephalotripsies)

  1. The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb.
    Synonyms:
    cranioclasm

Questions about cephalotripsies

What is cephalotripsies the plural of?
Cephalotripsies is the plural of cephalotripsy.

Words near cephalotripsies in the dictionary

  1. cephalotomy
  2. cephalotoxin
  3. cephalotoxins
  4. cephalotribe
  5. cephalotribes
  6. cephalotripsies
  7. cephalotripsy
  8. cephalotrophic
  9. cephalotropic
  10. cephalotropism
  11. cephalotropisms

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