choledocholithotomy

English

Etymology

From choledoch +‎ -o- +‎ lithotomy.

Noun

choledocholithotomy (plural choledocholithotomies)

1. (medicine) The removal of the gallstone from the bile duct in a case of choledocholithiasis.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 578:

     Two months later, he opened the duct of another patient and took out gallstones – the first choledocholithotomy.