lithotomy

American  

[li-thot-uh-mee] / lɪˈθɒt ə mi /

noun

plural

lithotomies

1. surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.

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lithotomy British  

/ ˌlɪθəˈtɒmɪk, lɪˈθɒtəmɪ /

noun

1. the surgical removal of a calculus, esp one in the urinary bladder

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Other Word Forms

• lithotomic
  adjective
• lithotomical
  adjective
• lithotomist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of lithotomy

1715–25; < Late Latin lithotomia < Greek lithotomía. See litho-, -tomy

Example Sentences

Lithotomy, lith-ot′o-mi, n. cutting for stone in the bladder.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Of the Operation of Lithotomy 241 The Dressing and Bandage for the Operation of Lithotomy 243 Of the Operation of Lithotomy in Women by the lesser Preparative 244 C H A P. XVII.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel