Dictionary entry

Symphyseotomy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sym′phy‐se‐ot″o‐my (?), n. [NL. symphysis pubis + Gr. � to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; — formerly called the Sigualtian section. [Written also symphysotomy.] Dunglison.