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episiotomy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/
  • UK: /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perineotomy

History

Etymology

From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بضع الفرج — surgical incision
  • Armenian: էպիզիոտոմիա (ēpiziotomia) — surgical incision
  • Armenian: պերինեոտոմիա (perineotomia) — surgical incision
  • Armenian: շեքահատում (šekʻahatum) — surgical incision
  • Catalan: episiotomia — surgical incision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會陰切開術 /会阴切开术 (huìyīn-qièkāishù) — surgical incision
  • Czech: epiziotomie — surgical incision
  • Czech: nástřih hráze — surgical incision
  • Dutch: episiotomie — surgical incision
  • Dutch: epi — surgical incision
  • Finnish: episiotomia — surgical incision
  • French: épisiotomie — surgical incision
  • Hungarian: gátmetszés — surgical incision
  • Hungarian: epiziotómia — surgical incision
  • Indonesian: episiotomi — surgical incision
  • Italian: episiotomia — surgical incision
  • Japanese: 会陰切開 (ein sekkai) — surgical incision
  • Korean: 회음 절개 (hoeeum jeolgae) — surgical incision
  • Macedonian: епизиотомија (epiziotomija) — surgical incision
  • Polish: episiotomia — surgical incision
  • Polish: nacięcie krocza — surgical incision
  • Portuguese: episiotomia — surgical incision
  • Romanian: epiziotomie — surgical incision
  • Romanian: perineotomie — surgical incision
  • Russian: эпизиотоми́я (epiziotomíja) — surgical incision
  • Spanish: episiotomía — surgical incision
  • Swedish: perineotomi — surgical incision
  • Swedish: episiotomi — surgical incision
  • Swedish: klipp — surgical incision
  • Turkish: epizyotomi — surgical incision
  • Turkish: perineotomi — surgical incision