Cholecystotomy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cholecystotomy \Chol`e*cys*tot"o*my\, n. [Cholecystis + Gr.
     te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.)
     The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as
     for the removal of a gallstone.
     [1913 Webster]