lithotomistn.
/lᵻˈθɒtəmɪst/, U.S. /ləˈθɑdəməst/ 1. One who practises lithotomy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] > performing specific operations > on the bladder
stone-cutter1655
lithotomist1663
lithotriptist1836
lithotritist1836
grinder1846
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 79 I inquired of him, whether he had met with a remedy that could dissolve the stone, offering him much more for a cure of that kind, then he would require as a lithotomist.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 78 Dr. Bamber, lithotomist to that [viz. St. Bartholomew's] hospital.
1751 T. Stack tr. R. Mead Med. Precepts x. 203 Ammonius, a Greek physician, who..was surnamed (Λιθοτόμος) the lithotomist.
1883 T. Holmes & J. W. Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) III. 281 Some of the most successful lithotomists have..advocated sufficient incision as less dangerous than violent extraction.
2. One who cuts inscriptions on stone. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [noun] > person
graver1398
graveressc1430
engraver1552
entailer1570
lithotomist1714
1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 291 Lithotomists careless in dividing Syllables.
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