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Webster 1913 Edition

(s??s-t?t′?-m?)

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] bladder + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] 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.

Noun.

[Gr., a bladder or to cut.] The act or practice of opening encysted tumors, for the discharge of morbid matter.

cystotomy ‎(plural cystotomies)

A surgical operation which consists of making an incision into the urinary bladder.

Surgical operation