Gastroelytrotomy

Gas′tro‐el′y‐trot″o‐my (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr � sheath + � a cutting] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.