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lithotome|ˈlɪθətəʊm|
[ad. Gr. λιθοτόµον (in sense 1), neut. of λιθοτόµος adj., stone-cutting, f. λίθο-ς stone + -τόµος cutting, τέµνειν to cut. Cf. F. lithotome.]
1. Surg. An instrument for cutting the bladder in lithotomy; more properly called a cystotome.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 257, I..thrust the Point of the Lithotome cross the Perinæum into its Canula. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 934/2 Should the blades of the lithotome..be too widely divaricated..liability to venous hemorrhage..will be the result. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 521 It only remains to incise the prostate and neck of the bladder in withdrawing the lithotome.
2. A stone in its natural state which resembles a stone artificially cut.
1828–32Webster (citing Dict. Nat. Hist.). |