meatotomyn.
/miːəˈtɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌmiəˈtɑdəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical incision into the urethral meatus; an instance of this.
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1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Meatotomy.
1895 M. Beck & R. Johnson Erichsen's Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 10) II. lxxi. 1160 Meatotomy being,..performed to allow its [sc. a bougie's] introduction.
1974 J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery viii. 162 At the ureteric orifice simple meatotomy..via a cystoscope may release the calculus.
1995 Brit. Jrnl. Urol. 76 395/1 Ureteric meatotomy is still the most frequent procedure performed to remove impacted stones in..the ureteric meatus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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