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

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

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