different between lithodome vs lithotome

English

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Etymology

Ancient Greek

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Noun

lithodome (plural lithodomes)

1. (zoology) Any member of several species of bivalves that form and inhabit holes in limestone; especially any of the genus Lithodomus.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of ????????? (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- +? -tome

Noun

lithotome (plural lithotomes)

1. (surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. [from 18th c.]
2. A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature. [from 19th c.]

Related terms

• lithotomic
• lithotomist
• lithotomize
• lithotomy

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Lithotome”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1 (L), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 347, column 3.

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Ancient Greek ????????? (lithotómon), neuter of ????????? (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”).

Noun

lithotome m (plural lithotomes)

1. (surgery, archaic) lithotome

References

• “lithotome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).