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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Cholecystis

+ Gr.

τέμνειν

to cut.]

(Surg.)

The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

cholecystotomy ‎(plural cholecystotomies)

(surgery) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as when removing a gallstone.