lithotomy
pronunciation
How to pronounce lithotomy in British English:
UK [lɪ'θɒtəmɪ]
How to pronounce lithotomy in American English:
US [ lɪ'θɑtəmi]
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- Noun:
- surgical removal of a stone (calculus)
Word Origin
- lithotomy (n.)
- 1721, from Late Latin lithotomia, from Greek lithotomia, from lithos "stone" (see litho-) + -tomia "cutting" (see -tomy).
Example
- 1. Minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy lithotomy what are the advantages .
- 2. Ten lithotomy pioneers to guide a new high point of the treatment of the lithiasis .
- 3. The patient is placed in the dorsal lithotomy position in stirrups , prepared , draped , and sedated .
- 4. Methods the combination of turp and the barometric trajectory lithotomy or the bladder-inside lithotomy with the strong stone-breaking scissors were adopted to treat 32 patients with bph and bladder stone .