Lithotome

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

  Lithotome \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.
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     2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in


        operations for the stone.
        [1913 Webster] Lithotomic