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lithotripter
[ lith-uh-trip-ter ]
noun
- a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
lithotripter
/ ˈɪθəˌٰɪə /
noun
- a machine that pulverizes kidney stones by ultrasound as an alternative to their surgical removal
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lithotripter1
First recorded in 1815–25; alteration of obsolete litho(n)triptor “instrument for crushing kidney stones,” derivative of litho(n)triptic “crushing kidney stones,” from New Latin lithontripticus, ultimately based on the Greek phrase (phármaka tôn en nephroîs) líthōn ٳپá “(drugs) breaking up stones (in the kidneys)”; ٳپá “crushing,” a derivative of ٳýٱ “to crush”; trip- by association with Greek ٰī́ “to rub, knead, pound” (verbal adjective ٰīó )
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With that jarring punch line, Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., is touting its newly acquired lithotripter, a device that disintegrates kidney stones with shock waves.
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