Lithotomist


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Li`thot´o`mist


n. 1. One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Frere Jacques, the famous lithotomist, of middle ages has rightly exclaimed that "I have removed the stone but God will cure the patient" (Wagensteen OH et.
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