Metrotomy

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

  Metrotomy \Me*trot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? womb + ? to cut: cf. F.
     m['e]trotomie.] (Surg.)
     The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the
     Caesarean section.
     [1913 Webster]