HYSTEROT'OMY, noun [Gr. the uterus, and a cutting.] In surgery, the Cesarean section; the operation of cutting into the uterus for taking out a fetus, which cannot be excluded by the usual means.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.