different between lithosome vs lithotome
lithosome
English
Etymology
litho- +? -some
Noun
lithosome (plural lithosomes)
- (geology) A uniform mass of rock that has different lithology to that of the surrounding rock.
Translations
lithosome From the web:
lithotome
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of ????????? (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- +? -tome
Noun
lithotome (plural lithotomes)
- (surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. [from 18th c.]
- 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)
- (surgery, archaic) lithotome
References
- “lithotome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
lithotome From the web:
- what was a lithotomy used for
- what is a lithotomy procedure
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