pancreatolithotomy

Removal of a pancreatic concretion. SYN: pancreatolithectomy. [pancreato- + G. lithos, stone, + tome, incision]

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pan·cre·a·to·li·thot·o·my (pan″kre-ə-to-lĭ-thotґə-me) [pancreatolith + -tomy] incision of the pancreas for the removal of a calculus.