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noun
A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
surgical removal of a stone (calculus)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
Narrower terms: cholelithotomy
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos)der. English litho- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English lithotomy From litho- + -tomy.
