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embryotomy

/em-bree-ot-uh-mee/US // ˌɛm briˈɒt ə mi //

胚胎切开术,胚胎切除术,胚胎移植术,胚胎切开手术

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural em·bry·ot·o·mies.Surgery.

    • : dismemberment of a fetus, when natural delivery is impossible, in order to effect its removal.

Examples

  • It is noteworthy that he recognized the method of embryotomy as necessary when other measures had failed.

  • Finding it impossible to deliver her in the usual way, embryotomy was in this instance employed.

  • The only course to be pursued in such cases is to excise the tumor, or, if this is not feasible, to perform embryotomy.

  • Embryotomy consists in the dissection of the fetus, so as to reduce its bulk and allow of its exit through the pelvis.

  • If the disproportion is too great the only resort is embryotomy.