choledocholithotomyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From choledoch +‎ -o- +‎ lithotomy.

名詞

choledocholithotomy (plural choledocholithotomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical procedure involving incision of the common bile duct to remove obstructing biliary calculi in a case of choledocholithiasis.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 578:

     Two months later, he opened the duct of another patient and took out gallstones – the first choledocholithotomy.