Usually means: Surgical cutting or incision of head.
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  1. cephalotomy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. cephalotomy: Wordnik
  3. cephalotomy: Wiktionary
  4. Cephalotomy, cephalotomy: Dictionary.com
  5. Cephalotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. cephalotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Cephalotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. cephalotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Cephalotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. cephalotomy: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cephalotomy)

noun:  dissection or opening of the head
noun:  (medicine, historical) A craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

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