choledocholithotomy

/koʊˌliːdoʊˌkɒləˌθɒtəmi/

noun

A surgical procedure involving incision of the common bile duct to remove obstructing biliary calculi in a case of choledocholithiasis.

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Meanings

nouncholedocholithotomy (plural choledocholithotomies)

plural choledocholithotomies

  1. medicineA surgical procedure involving incision of the common bile duct to remove obstructing biliary calculi in a case of choledocholithiasis.

    Two months later, he opened the duct of another patient and took out gallstones – the first choledocholithotomy.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 578

Origin

From choledoch + -o- + lithotomy.

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