lithotrity

American  

[li-tho-tri-tee] / lɪˈθɒ trɪ ti /

noun

Surgery.

lithotrities plural

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

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lithotrity British  

/ lɪˈθɒtrɪtɪ /

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• lithotritist
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• lithotrities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lithotrity

1820–30; litho- + Latin trīt ( us ) (past participle of terere to rub, grind, crush) + -y ³

Example Sentences

On another occasion, it seemed to me strange that we should be obliged to open the bladder of patients suffering from the stone, or to subject them to lithotrity, which has also its perils.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

He never used lithotrity or seemed to approve of that operation.

From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Peter, Robert

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

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

An older issue of The Lancet contains an account of lithotrity performed on the same patient 48 times.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Probably in most cases it should be superseded by lithotrity.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph