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episiotomy

UK/ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/US/əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/

episiotomy noun: a surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.

Noun

episiotomy (plural episiotomies)

  1. A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
    • The following eight hours were the worst of my life that haven't ended in an episiotomy.2011, Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman

episiotomy meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

episiotomy in Tamil

மூலாதாரவெட்டு

episiotomy in Arabic

surgical incision
بضع الفرج

episiotomy in Indonesian

surgical incision
episiotomi

Forms of episiotomy

pluralepisiotomies

Origin of episiotomy

From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).

Questions about episiotomy

What does episiotomy mean?
Episiotomy means a surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
What is episiotomy in Tamil?
Episiotomy in Tamil is மூலாதாரவெட்டு. See Episiotomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is episiotomy?
Episiotomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce episiotomy?
Episiotomy is pronounced /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/ (US).
What is the plural of episiotomy?
The plural of episiotomy is episiotomies.

Words near episiotomy in the dictionary

  1. episioplasties
  2. episioplasty
  3. episiorrhaphies
  4. episiorrhaphy
  5. episiotomies
  6. episiotomy
  7. episkeletal
  8. episkotister
  9. episkotisters
  10. episkyros
  11. episodal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: episiotomy (page history and authors); episiotomy (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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