Cranioclasm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cranioclasm \Cra"ni*o*clasm\ (kr?"n?-?-kl?z'm), n. [Cranium +
     Gr. ??? to break.] (Med.)
     The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or
     craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.
     --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]