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27 words match “LOTO”

LOTO n.
See Lotto.
LOTONG n.
An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).
LOTOPHAGI n.
A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.
LOTOS n.
See Lotus.
APLOTOMY n.
Simple incision. Dunglison.
CAPSULOTOMY n.
The incision of a capsule, esp. of that of the crystalline lens, as in a cataract operation.
CELOTOMY n.
ration of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia. [Frequently written kelotomy.]
CEPHALOTOME n.
An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
CEPHALOTOMY n. 2 definitions
Dissection or opening of the head.
COLOTOMY n.
An operation for opening the colon
ENCEPHALOTOMY n.
The act or art of dissecting the brain.
KELOTOMY n.
See Celotomy.
LOTUS-EATER; LOTOS-EATER n.
the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson.
MYTILOTOXINE n.
A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood.
OMPHALOTOMY n.
The operation of dividing the navel-string.
STAPHYLOTOMY n.
The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
TONSILOTOME n.
An instrument for removing the tonsils.
TONSILOTOMY n.
The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
XYLOTOMIST n.
One versed or engaged in xylotomy.
XYLOTOMOUS a.
Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects.
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