episiotomy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/

Noun

episiotomy (plural episiotomies)

1. (medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
   • 2011, Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman:

     The following eight hours were the worst of my life that haven't ended in an episiotomy.

Translations

surgical incision

• Arabic: بضع الفرج
• Armenian: էպիզիոտոմիա (ēpiziotomia), պերինեոտոմիա (hy) (perineotomia), շեքահատում (šekʻahatum)
• Catalan: episiotomia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會陰切開術／会阴切开术 (huìyīn-qièkāishù)

• Czech: epiziotomie f, nástřih hráze
• Dutch: episiotomie (nl) f, epi (nl) f
• Finnish: episiotomia (fi)
• French: épisiotomie (fr) f
• Hungarian: gátmetszés, epiziotómia
• Indonesian: episiotomi (id)
• Italian: episiotomia (it) f
• Japanese: 会陰切開
• Macedonian: епизиотомија (epiziotomija)
• Polish: episiotomia (pl), nacięcie krocza (pl) n
• Portuguese: episiotomia f
• Romanian: epiziotomie f, perineotomie f
• Russian: эпизиотоми́я f (epiziotomíja)
• Spanish: episiotomía f
• Swedish: perineotomi c, episiotomi c, klipp (sv) c
• Turkish: epizyotomi, perineotomi