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

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• lithotritist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithotrity¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithotrity¹

C19: from _litho- + Latin trītus, from terere to crush

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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