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lithotrity

[ li-tho-tri-tee ]

noun

Surgery.
plural lithotrities.
  1. the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.


lithotrity

/ ɪˈθɒٰɪɪ /

noun

  1. surgery the crushing of a calculus in the bladder by means of an instrument ( lithotrite ) so that it can be expelled by urinating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٳdz۾·پ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lithotrity1

1820–30; litho- + Latin ٰī ( us ) (past participle of terere to rub, grind, crush) + -y 3
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lithotrity1

C19: from litho- + Latin ٰīus, from terere to crush
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In the eleventh century of our era, they knew the treatment of cataract by the lowering or the extraction of the crystalline; lithotrity; the treatment of hemorrhage by irrigations of cold water; the use of caustics; setons; and cauterization by fire.

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Then came Ammonius the author of lithotrity, and here comes Hans with the basin—to stay your volubility.

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Lithotrity, lith′ō-trī-ti, n. the operation of crushing a stone in the bladder, so that its fragments may be removed through the urethra—also Lith′otripsy.—ns.

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Lithothryp′tist, Lith′othryptor, Lithotrip′tist, Lith′otriptor, Lith′otritist, one who practises lithotrity; Lith′othrypty; Lith′otrite, Lith′otritor, an apparatus for crushing a stone in the bladder.—adjs.

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His operation of rapid lithotrity has deprived a painful disease of much of its terror as well as of its danger.

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