1) Perineotomy
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(episio- + Gr. tom a cutting) surgical incision into the perineum and vagina to prevent traumatic tearing during delivery.
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(from the article `parturition`) ...Deep lacerations require anatomic reconstruction of the torn tissues. Extensive tears of the perineum (the tissues between the genital organs and ...
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A cut made in the mother's perineum (the area between the vagina and anus) to allow the baby to be born more quickly and prevent tearing.
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A minor surgical procedure which widens the birth canal by cutting the vaginal opening to prevent the jagged, less controlled tearing of tissue during the stretching associated with delivery
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A surgical cut in the perineum (the area between the vagina and the anus), made to enlarge the vaginal opening and get the baby born more quickly, or to avoid a tear or laceration.
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<obstetrics, procedure> A surgical incision into the perineum and vagina to prevent traumatic tearing during delivery. ... Origin: Gr. Tom = a cutting ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(ә-piz″e-ot´o-me) surgical incision into the perineum and vagina to prevent traumatic tearing during childbirth; the incision is later repaired by perineorrhaphy.
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A small cut to the perineum to prevent tearing and to allow the baby to be born more easily.
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An incision made in the perineum
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(ue-pe;ze-ot;uo-me) An incision of the perineum at the end of the second stage of labor to facilitate delivery and to avoid tearing the perineum.
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An incision made in the tissue around the vagina in order to ease the final stage of delivery.
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During childbirth a cut, called an episiotomy, is sometimes made in the mother`s skin, between the vagina and anus. This enlarges the vaginal opening
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A small incision of the perineum made to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth. An episiotomy is done in your labor/delivery room and is performed by your doctor. The doctor takes a sterile pair of scissors and makes an incision in the tissue between the vagina and anus (the perineum). An episiotomy may be needed if your baby needs to be .....
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An episiotomy is a surgical incision that is used to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth. This unneccesary surgical procedure involves making a small incision, from two to ten centimeters, on the perinium. Fortunately, since the 1980s the practice is now less common.
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a surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the tissue between the vagina and anus to prevent tearing of this tissue during childbirth
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noun surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
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A surgical incision in the perineal area to widen the vaginal opening for delivery; the procedure is increasingly considered unnecessary or even harmful
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A cut made in the mother's perineum
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A small cut made in the vaginal entrance at the birth of the baby to allow him to be born without tearing the skin of the entrance.
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A small incision of the perineum made to enlarge the vaginal opening. If an episiotomy is necessary, it is done just before the birth of the baby.
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an incision into the perineum and vagina to allow sufficient clearance for birth.
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An incision made in the tissue from the vagina toward the rectum in order to ease the final stage of delivery.
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an incision through the vaginal wall and the perineum (the area between the thighs, extending from the anus to the vaginal opening) to help deliver the fetus.
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An incision made in the perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening just before the emergence of the baby's head.
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