choledocholithotomy
nounEtymology From choledoch + -o- + lithotomy.
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Medicine, Sciences, Surgery A 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: