Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, cutting of the urethra, usually for the relief of stricture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery Any operation which involves the
incision of theurethra .
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Examples
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Your doctor may recommend other surgical procedures, such as stretching the urethral opening and/or making a slit in the urethra to help drainage internal urethrotomy.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Subcutaneous urethrotomy was also practised in his time.
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott
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He performed internal urethrotomy, and wrote on amputations, injuries of the head, and hernia.
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott
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S-curve in the urethra; if this is unsuccessful, urethrotomy for their removal may be attempted.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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In the earlier stages of the malady, relief is given by the skillful use of instruments for dilating the canal, or, where this fails by the operation of urethrotomy, for which we employ an improved and ingenious instrument, by which the stricture is readily and almost painlessly divided.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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