Ŏm'pha-lŏt'o-my, n.
n. [Gr. ὀμφαλοτομία, ὀμφαλητομία, from ὀμφαλός, the navel, and τομός, cutting, τέμνειν, to cut; Fr. omphalotomie.] (Surg.) The operation of dividing the navel-string.
n. [Gr. ὀμφαλοτομία, ὀμφαλητομία, from ὀμφαλός, the navel, and τομός, cutting, τέμνειν, to cut; Fr. omphalotomie.] (Surg.) The operation of dividing the navel-string.