Cystotomy

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

  Cystotomy \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.
     [1913 Webster]