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noun
The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: cranioclasm
Antonyms: none provided
History
From cephalo- + -tripsy, from τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -y.
