Definitions For Lithotripsy

Noun

LITHOTRIPSY (plural LITHOTRIPSYs) (surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or wash out, washed out.

Derived terms

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Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 碎石術, tr=suìshíshù Finnish: litotripsia French: lithotripsie, f, lithotritie, f Greek: λιθοτριψία, f Polish: litotrypsja, f Turkish: litotripsi

Etymology

From {{af, en, litho-, τρῖψῐς, -y, t1=relating to a stone or calculus, lang2=grc, t2=rubbing, friction, id3=abstract noun}}.