lithotomy
Americannoun
plural
lithotomiesnoun
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
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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
It boldly reported on a bungled lithotomy by Bransby Cooper, nephew of famed Surgeon Sir Astley Cooper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Volumes ten and twelve contained reports of his operations in lithotomy; volume eleven, a paper on Fractures and Calculous Diseases.
From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Peter, Robert
In the bladder it may occur when the urine is alkaline, in chronic cystitis, after lithotomy, urethotomy, the operation for vesico-vaginal fistula, and in ectopia vesic�.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It has been said that he once wrote a whole number, including articles upon lithotomy and Chinese music.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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