Usually means: Surgical dissection of a fetus.
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  1. embryotomy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. embryotomy: Wordnik
  3. embryotomy: Wiktionary
  4. embryotomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. embryotomy: Dictionary.com
  6. Embryotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. embryotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Embryotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. embryotomy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. embryotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Embryotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. embryotomy: Encyclopedia

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  1. embryotomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. embryotomy: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (medicine) The act of cutting up a deceased foetus, so that it can be removed from the womb.

Similar:
embryectomy, embryulcia, embryoscopy, omphalotomy, uterotomy, fetotomy, metrotomy, embryofetoscopy, ectomy, gastroelytrotomy, more...

Opposite:
fetotomy, cesaresection, live birth

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Similar:
embryectomy, embryulcia, embryoscopy, omphalotomy, uterotomy, fetotomy, metrotomy, embryofetoscopy, ectomy, gastroelytrotomy, more...

Opposite:
fetotomy, cesaresection, live birth



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