See Also: cystolithotomy(medicine)

halfness (iou) and cystolithotomy (medicine)


halfness (iou)



halfness noun. Now rare. M16.
[from HALF adjective + -NESS.]
The condition or quality of being half; incompleteness; irresoluteness.

cystolithotomy (medicine)


cystolithotomy
<procedure> Removal of a stone from the bladder through an incision in its wall.

Synonym: vesical lithotomy.

Origin: cysto-+ G. Lithos, stone, + tome, incision