cephalotripsy

== English == === Etymology === From cephalo- +‎ -tripsy, from τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -y. === Noun === cephalotripsy (countable and uncountable, plural cephalotripsies) (medicine) The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb. Synonym: cranioclasm ==== Related terms ==== cephalotribe === References === “cephalotripsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === petrophysical