gastroelytrotomy

== English == === Etymology === From gastro- +‎ elytrotomy. === Noun === gastroelytrotomy (uncountable) (surgery, dated) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus. === References === “gastroelytrotomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.