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li·thot·o·my

(lĭ-thŏt′ə-mē)

n. pl. li·thot·o·mies

Surgical removal of a stone or stones from the urinary tract.

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lithotomy

(lɪˈθɒtəmɪ)

n, pl -mies

(Surgery) the surgical removal of a calculus, esp one in the urinary bladder

[C18: via Late Latin from Greek, from litho- + -tomy]

lithotomic, ˌlithoˈtomical adj

liˈthotomist n

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li•thot•o•my

(lɪˈθɒt ə mi)

n., pl. -mies.

surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.

[1715–25; < Late Latin lithotomia < Greek lithotomía. See litho-, -tomy]

lith•o•tom•ic (ˌlɪθ əˈtɒm ɪk) lith`o•tom′i•cal, adj.

li•thot′o•mist, n.

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lithotomy - surgical removal of a stone (calculus)

ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue

cholelithotomy - removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder

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li·thot·o·my

n. itotomía, incisión en un órgano o conducto para extraer cálculos.

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Some believe it supports the notion that the removal of stones was considered too lowly a craft for physicians, while others argue that lithotomists must have possessed a fair degree of skill, or Hippocrates would not have recommended that only practitioners of the craft perform the delicate surgery.

These early lithotomists were called "strollers" because they traveled from town to town performing surgeries.

Large crowds often gathered to watch the patient on a "bed of misery" while the lithotomist performed surgery.