episiotomy
/əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/noun
episiotomy is a noun meaning “A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-P-I-S-I-O-T-O-M-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of episiotomy is episiotomies.
What does episiotomy mean?
noun
- 1
A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce episiotomy?
- US /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/
- UK /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of episiotomy
- episiotomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is episiotomy?
Episiotomy appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate episiotomy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of episiotomy: epi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Episiotomy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surgical incision:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | épisiotomie |
| Portuguese | episiotomia |
| Spanish | episiotomía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does episiotomy come from?
From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).