pubiotomy meaning

• [Medicine]
  n pl -mies : surgical division of a pubis lateral to the pubic symphysis esp. to facilitate delivery
  

Examples

1. The saw was invented by Italian obstetrician Leonardo Gigli to simplify the performance of a lateral pubiotomy in obstructed labour.
2. He returned to Florence in March 1894 to work at the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, and continued as a proponent of the lateral pubiotomy using the wire saw despite lack of support from colleagues in Italy.