Etymograph

English

lithectomy

From lith- + -ectomy.

Formed from lith + ectomy

Proto-Germanic *liþuz ‘limb’

Proto-West Germanic *liþu

Old English liþ ‘limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point’

Middle English lith

English lith

Today it means

noun Excision of a calculus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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