cephalotome

== English == === Etymology === From cephalo- +‎ -tome. === Noun === cephalotome (plural cephalotomes) (archaic, surgery) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery during a stillbirth. Synonyms: cephalotribe, cranioclast ==== Related terms ==== cephalotomy === References === “cephalotome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.