cranioclasm

English

Etymology

See cranioclast.

Noun

cranioclasm (usually uncountable, plural cranioclasms)

  1. (medicine) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “CRANIOCLASM”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
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