lithotomy
Americannoun
plural
lithotomiesnoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lithotomy
1715–25; < Late Latin lithotomia < Greek lithotomía. See litho-, -tomy
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It boldly reported on a bungled lithotomy by Bransby Cooper, nephew of famed Surgeon Sir Astley Cooper.
From Time Magazine Archive
William Clifford Hogg, 55, Texas oil operator, son of the late Governor James Stephen Hogg, brother of Michael, Thomas and Ima Hogg*; after a lithotomy, at Baden-Baden, Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
Treatment of stone in the bladder.—The treatment of stone in the bladder consists in the removal of the offending body; in the mare this is easily effected with the lithotomy forceps.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Allarton's operation of median lithotomy suits admirably for stones known to be small, but is quite unsuitable for large ones.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Not less than fifty chapters are devoted to a comparatively full discussion of wounds, fractures and dislocations, lithotomy, herniotomy, fistulae and the various diseases on the border line between medicine and surgery.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
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