a. [ad. Gr. λιθοτομικός, f. λιθοτόμος (see prec.).] Stone-cutting; of or pertaining to lithotomy. So Lithotomical a.
1799. Med. Jrnl., I. 59 (Worc.). He extracted the stone with the forceps, and removed the remaining particles of it, as well as the gravel or sand, by means of the lithotomical spoon.
1825. Southey, Lett. (1856), III. 484. Your Butler, when left by forgetfulness four-and-twenty hours in the lithotomic machine.
1828–32. Webster, Lithotomic, pertaining to or performed by lithotomy.
1885. A. Stewart, ’Twixt Ben Nevis & Glencoe, iv. 27. Of Earl Russell it was said, when he was plain Lord John, that he had cheek enough to undertake … a lithotomical operation, if it came in his way.
