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lithotomy
English
Etymology
From litho- +? -tomy.
Noun
lithotomy (plural lithotomies)
- A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones.
Synonyms
- lithectomy
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gorget
English
Etymology
From Old French gorgete, from gorge (“throat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????d??t/
Noun
gorget (plural gorgets)
- (historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target
- 1968, Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet, Gollancz 2003, p. 209:
- Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 500:
- Renly lifted his chin to allow Brienne to fasten his gorget in place.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- (historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
- An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
- (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
- A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
- (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
- (Britain, dialect, Cornwall) A hake caught in a net set for other fish.
Derived terms
- gorget hummer
- gorgeted
Translations
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