Sŷm'phy·s-e-ŏt'o-my, n.

n. [Gr. σύμφυσις, symphysis, and τομή, cutting, from τέμνειν, to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; the Sigaultian section. [Written also symphysotomy.] Dunglison.