Definition
A surgical instrument used to cut or divide the head, historically used in obstetrics to assist difficult deliveries.
Etymology
From Greek 'kephale' (head) + 'tome' (cutting, from 'temnein' to cut). This instrument represents a dark chapter in obstetric history when childbirth complications were managed through destructive procedures.
Kelly Says
The cephalotome represents obstetric medicine before modern cesarean sections and anesthesia—surgeons would use it to collapse the fetal skull to extract trapped babies, a gruesome but life-saving practice that's now completely obsolete thanks to safer surgical techniques.
Translations
ARالعربية
رأس-قسم
ra's-qism
BNবাংলা
শিরশ-অংশ
shirish-ongsh
CACatalà
cefàlotom
sef-a-lo-tom
CSČeština
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
DADansk
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
DEDeutsch
Cephalotom
tse-fa-lo-tom
ELΕλληνικά
κεφαλότομος
kefalo-tomos
ESEspañol
cefalotoma
seh-fa-lo-to-ma
FISuomi
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
FRFrançais
céphalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
GUGU
શિરો-ભાગ
shiro-bhaag
HAHA
kafa-saura
ka-fa-sau-ra
HEעברית
ראש-חלק
rosh-chelek
HIहिन्दी
शीर्ष-खंड
sheersh-khand
HUMagyar
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
IDBahasa Indonesia
kepala-bagian
ke-pa-la-ba-ga-ian
ITItaliano
cefalotoma
che-fa-lo-to-ma
KMKM
ច្បាស់-ផ្នែក
chbas-phneak
MRMR
शिरा-भाग
shira-bhaag
MSBahasa Melayu
kepala-bahagian
ke-pa-la-ba-ha-gian
MYမြန်မာ
ရှေ့-စ Abschnitts
yhet-a-sa-abschnitts
NLNederlands
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
NONorsk
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
PAPA
ਸ਼ੀਰ-ਖੰਡ
sheer-khand
PLPolski
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
PTPortuguês
cefalotoma
seh-fa-lo-to-ma
RORomână
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
RUРусский
цефалотом
tse-fa-lo-tom
SVSvenska
cephalotome
sef-a-lo-to-me
SWKiswahili
kichwa-sehemu
ki-chwa-se-he-mu
TAதமிழ்
தலை-பகுதி
thalai-paguthi
TEతెలుగు
చెవిటి-భాగం
cheviti-bhagam
TLTL
ulo-bahagi
ulo-ba-ha-gi
TRTürkçe
sefalotóm
sef-a-lo-tom
UKУкраїнська
цефалотом
tse-fa-lo-tom
VITiếng Việt
đầu-múi
dau-mui
YOYO
ọ̀pẹ̀-ẹ̀kùn
o-pe-e-kun
ZUZU
umzimba-inhlangano
um-zim-ba-inhlan-ga-no