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lithotint |
lithotome |
lithotomic |
lithotomical |
lithotomist |
lithotomy
| lithotomy position
| lithotripsy
| lithotriptic
| lithotriptist
| lithotriptor
lithotomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lithotomy has 1 sense
- lithotomy(n = noun.act) - surgical removal of a stone (calculus); is a kind of ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation
has particulars: cholelithotomy
CIDE DICTIONARY
lithotomy, n. [L. lithotomia, Gr. : cf. F. lithotomie.].
The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lithotomy, n. (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract, esp. the bladder.
Derivative
lithotomist n. lithotomize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology
LL f. Gk lithotomia (as LITHO-, -TOMY)
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