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Definition of lithotomy in English: lithotomynoun lɪˈθɒtəmiləˈθɑdəmi mass nounSurgical removal of a calculus (stone) from the bladder, kidney, or urinary tract. Example sentencesExamples - Early Hindu surgeons performed advanced eye operations and practised lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract) and plastic surgery.
- Cheselden at St Thomas's introduced the keeping of accurate records that enabled him to analyse the morbidity and mortality of his lithotomy operation for bladder stones.
- In passing, until the advent of anaesthetics and antisepsis about 200 years later, the only internal operation generally undertaken was removal of bladder stones, or lithotomy as it was called.
Derivatives noun Being one of those few operations where the surgeon can place in the patient's hand the fruits of his labour, in truth most lithotomists kept a spare stone on their person to bamboozle the wrong out patient in case of failure.
Origin Mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek lithotomia (see litho-, -tomy). Definition of lithotomy in US English: lithotomynounləˈTHädəmēləˈθɑdəmi Surgical removal of a calculus (stone) from the bladder, kidney, or urinary tract. Example sentencesExamples - In passing, until the advent of anaesthetics and antisepsis about 200 years later, the only internal operation generally undertaken was removal of bladder stones, or lithotomy as it was called.
- Cheselden at St Thomas's introduced the keeping of accurate records that enabled him to analyse the morbidity and mortality of his lithotomy operation for bladder stones.
- Early Hindu surgeons performed advanced eye operations and practised lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract) and plastic surgery.
Origin Mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek lithotomia (see litho-, -tomy). |