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lithotriptor, lithotripter (s) (noun); lithotriptors, lithotripters (pl)
A device for breaking up renal calculi (kidney stones): A lithotripter administers a high-energy shock wave that disintegrates stones which are then passed out in the urine.
This entry is located in the following units: litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites (page 12) -tripsy, -tripsis, -tripic + (page 2) trit- (page 2)
Word Entries containing the term: “lithotriptor”
percutaneous ultrasonic lithotriptor
A device that uses ultrasound to break up kidney stones and gallstones.

The sound waves are applied to the outside of the body and penetrate to the calculi.

This entry is located in the following units: cuti-, cut-, cutan-, -cutis- + (page 2) litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites (page 15) per- (page 5) -tripsy, -tripsis, -tripic + (page 2)