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Astroelytrotomy
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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 Caesarean operation, and less dangerous.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Astroelytrotomy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/astroelytrotomy.html. 1828.