See Also: Lithotomy(medicine)
Lithotomy(health)
lithotomy(dictionary)
lithotomy position(medicine)
high lithotomy(medicine)
vesical lithotomy(medicine)
vaginal lithotomy(medicine)
suprapubic lithotomy(medicine)
prerectal lithotomy(medicine)
lateral lithotomy(medicine)

lithotomy (iou)



lithotomy noun. M17.
[Late Latin lithotomia from Greek lithotomia, formed as LITHO- + -TOMY.]
A quarry. Only in M17.
Surgical incision into the bladder, kidney, etc., for the purpose of removing a stone; an instance of this. E18.
Comb.: lithotomy position a supine position of the body, with the legs raised in stirrups, flexed and apart, used orig. for lithotomy and subsequently also in childbirth.
litho'tomic adjective E19.
litho'tomical adjective L19.
lithotomist noun M17.