lithontriptic
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From litho- (“relating to a stone or calculus”) + Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς (trîpsis, “rubbing, friction”).
Adjective
[edit]lithontriptic (not comparable)
- (medicine, dated) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys.
Noun
[edit]lithontriptic (plural lithontriptics)
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[edit]Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lithontriptic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)