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lithotrite

[ lith-uh-trahyt ]

noun

Surgery.
  1. an instrument for performing lithotrity.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lithotrite1

1830–40; back formation from lithotrity; -ite 1
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Example Sentences

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In one instance two stones were seen where only one had been previously found, but this of course might with care have been effected by means of the lithotrite.

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Some small filaments were subsequently removed with the lithotrite, but on microscopical examination nothing of diagnostic importance was discovered.

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But it is well known that they sometimes defy all lithotrite instruments, and compel us to have recourse to the knife.

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Other inventions: a combination cystoscope and radium applicator for treating tumors of the bladder; a special type of lithotrite, an instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

The lithotrite has two blades, a “male†and a “female,†the latter fenestrated, the former solid with its surface notched.

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