episiotomy
noun[C]
uk/ɪˌpiːz.iˈɒt.ə.mi/us/ɪˌpiː.siˈɑː.t̬ə.mi/acutmade at theopeningof thevaginawhile a woman is givingbirth, to make iteasierfor thebabyto come out withoutcausinginjury:
外阴切开术，会阴切开术I didn't have to have a episiotomy,evenwith abigbaby.我没有做外阴切开术，即使宝宝个头挺大的也不用。
- "We're doing fewer and fewer episiotomies,thankgoodness," said Patricia Crane,directorofnursemidwiferyservices.
- I hadscartissuefrom my episiotomy.
- A woman mightrequirestitchingafter an episiotomy.
- Themidwifesaid shewantedto give me an episiotomy and I told her I wouldprefertotearnaturally.
Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- antenatally
- Apgar score
- B, b
- birth centre
- birth partner
- birth rate
- bore
- breech
- childbearing
- delivery room
- labour
- maternity suite
- maternity unit
- matrescence
- midwifery
- multiparous
- newborn
- rooming-in
- stillborn