lithectasy Surg.
(lɪˈθɛktəsɪ)
[f. Gr. λίθος stone + ἔκτασις: see ectasis.]
The operation of removing calculi through the urethra, by first extending or dilating it.
| 1842 R. Willis Stone in Bladder Pref., The operation which I have described under the title of Lithectasy. 1876 Gross Dis. Bladder 236 Professor Dolbeau..has performed the operation, which he terms perineal lithotrity, but which differs only from lithectasy in removing the calculus piecemeal. |