What is the crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison called?
cranioclasm — The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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