English Explanatory Dictionary

lithotome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome.
  2. A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature.

Word forms

lithotome lithotomes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιθοτόμον (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of λιθοτόμος (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- + -tome.

Related words

lithotomic lithotomist lithotomize lithotomy
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