embryotomy

== English == === Etymology === From embryo +‎ -tomy. === Noun === embryotomy (countable and uncountable, plural embryotomies) (medicine) The act of cutting up a deceased foetus, so that it can be removed from the womb. Synonym: fetotomy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “embryotomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.