Hŷs/ter-ŏt/o-my, n.

n. [Fr. hystérotomie, from Gr. ὑστέρα, womb, and τομή, a cutting, τέμνειν, to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the uterus, for taking out a fetus which can not be extracted by the natural passages; the cesarean section.