lithotrity

English

Etymology

From litho- + Latin terere, tritum (“to rub, grind”).

Noun

lithotrity (countable and uncountable, plural lithotrities)

1. (surgery, archaic) lithotripsy

Related terms

• lithotrite

References

• “lithotrity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.