Akademik
lithotomy
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)
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