cranioclasm

English

Etymology

From cranio- + Ancient Greek κλάσμα (klásma, “fragment, morsel”), from κλάω (kláō, “I break off”).

Noun

cranioclasm (usually uncountable, plural cranioclasms)

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

References

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:

“cranioclasm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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