different between terms vs lithotome

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

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).