LITHOTOMY


Meaning of LITHOTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ li-ˈthä-tə-mē ]

noun

( plural -mies )

Etymology: Late Latin lithotomia, from Greek, from lithotomein to perform a lithotomy, from lith- + temnein to cut — more at tome

Date: 1721

: surgical incision of the urinary bladder for removal of a stone

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