urethrotomy

urethrotomy [yoo r-uh-throt-uh-mee] Word Origin noun, plural u·re·throt·o·mies. Surgery.

1. an operation to cut a stricture of the urethra.

Origin of urethrotomy First recorded in 1840–50; urethro- + -tomy urethrotomy in Medicine urethrotomy [yur′ə-thrŏt′ə-mē] n.

1. Surgical incision of a stricture of the urethra.