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An operation for opening the colon

The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]

The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.

The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.

The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa.

The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

A cutting in two; a division. A general breach or dichotomy with their church. Sir T. Browne.

Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. Cockeram.

household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. Froude.

The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

The act or art of dissecting the brain.

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

The science of the dissection of insects.

ose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [Written also oesophagotomy.]

Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.] Mitford.

An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.