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lithotripter

[ lith-uh-trip-ter ]

noun

  1. a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.


lithotripter

/ ˈ±ôɪθəˌ³Ù°ùɪ±è³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a machine that pulverizes kidney stones by ultrasound as an alternative to their surgical removal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lithotripter1

First recorded in 1815–25; alteration of obsolete litho(n)triptor “instrument for crushing kidney stones,†derivative of litho(n)triptic “crushing kidney stones,†from New Latin lithontripticus, ultimately based on the Greek phrase (phármaka tôn en nephroîs) líthÅn ³Ù³ó°ù²â±è³Ù¾±°ìá “(drugs) breaking up stones (in the kidneys)â€; ³Ù³ó°ù²â±è³Ù¾±°ìá “crushing,†a derivative of ³Ù³ó°ùý±è³Ù±ð¾±²Ô “to crushâ€; trip- by association with Greek ³Ù°ùī̲ú±ð¾±²Ô “to rub, knead, pound†(verbal adjective ³Ù°ùÄ«±è³Ùó²õ )
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With that jarring punch line, Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., is touting its newly acquired lithotripter, a device that disintegrates kidney stones with shock waves.

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