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Meaning of CYSTOTOMY

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cys*tot"o*my\ (s??s-t?t"?-m?), n. [Gr. ???? bladder +
???? to cut: cf. F. cystotomie.]
The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of
cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a
calculus.

 

 

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