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choledocholithotomies

choledocholithotomies is the plural of choledocholithotomy.

Meaning of choledocholithotomy

Noun

choledocholithotomy (plural choledocholithotomies)

  1. A surgical procedure involving incision of the common bile duct to remove obstructing biliary calculi in a case of choledocholithiasis.
    • Two months later, he opened the duct of another patient and took out gallstones – the first choledocholithotomy.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 578

Questions about choledocholithotomies

What is choledocholithotomies the plural of?
Choledocholithotomies is the plural of choledocholithotomy.

Words near choledocholithotomies in the dictionary

  1. choledochojejunal
  2. choledochojejunostomies
  3. choledochojejunostomy
  4. choledocholithiases
  5. choledocholithiasis
  6. choledocholithotomies
  7. choledocholithotomy
  8. choledocholithotripsies
  9. choledocholithotripsy
  10. choledochoplasties
  11. choledochoplasty

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