lithotripter

lith·o·trip·ter

also lith·o·trip·tor  (lĭth′ə-trĭp′tər)

n.

A device that pulverizes kidney stones and gallstones by passing shock waves through a water-filled tub in which the patient sits.

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[Alteration of obsolete lithotriptor, lithontriptor, from lithontriptic, breaking up kidney stones, from New Latin lithontripticus, alteration (influenced by Greek trībein, trīp-, to rub, pound) of lithonthrypticus, from Greek (pharmaka tōn en nephrōis) lithōn thruptika, (drugs) crushing stones (in the kidneys) : lithōn, genitive pl. of lithos, stone + thruptika, neuter pl. of thruptikos, crushing (from thruptein, to crush; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots).]

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lithotripter

(ˈlɪθəˌtrɪptə) or

lithontriptor

n

(Medicine) a machine that pulverizes kidney stones by ultrasound as an alternative to their surgical removal

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lith•o•trip•ter

(ˈlɪθ əˌtrɪp tər)

n.

a device that employs ultrasound to pulverize stones in the body.

[1815–25]

lith`o•trip′tic, adj.

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Translations

lithotripter

n (Med) → Lithotripter m

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lith·o·trip·tor

, lithotripter

n. litotriturador, aparato o mecanismo para triturar cálculos;

extracorporal shock wave ___ → ___ extracorporal con ondas de choque.

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