| 单词 |
lithotomist |
| 释义 |
lithotomist|lɪˈθɒtəmɪst| [f. lithotomy + -ist. Cf. F. lithotomiste.] 1. One who practises lithotomy.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 79, I inquired of him, whether he had met with a remedy that could dissolve the stone, offering him much more for a cure of that kind, then he would require as a lithotomist. 1731Gentl. Mag. I. 78 Dr. Bamber, lithotomist to that [viz. St. Bartholomew's] hospital. a1754R. Mead Wks. (1775) 405 Ammonius, a Greek physician, who..was surnamed λιθοτόµος, the Lithotomist. 1883Holmes & Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) III. 281 Some of the most successful lithotomists have..advocated sufficient incision as less dangerous than violent extraction. 2. One who cuts inscriptions on stone. rare.
1713Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 291 Lithotomists careless in dividing Syllables. |

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