LITHOTOMY


Meaning of LITHOTOMY in English

n. (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract, esp. the bladder.

Derivatives:

lithotomist n. lithotomize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology: LL f. Gk lithotomia (as LITHO-, -TOMY)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.