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Meaning of LITHOTOME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lith"o*tome\, n. [Gr. ? cutting stones; li`qos stone
+ ? to cut: cf. F. lithotome.]
1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in
   operations for the stone.
 
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