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CHOLELITHOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cholelithotomy mean?
• CHOLELITHOTOMY (noun)
The noun CHOLELITHOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder
Familiarity information: CHOLELITHOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cholelithotomy" is a kind of...):
lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone (calculus))
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