steinstrasse

See also: Steinstrasse

English

Etymology

From German Steinstraße (“steinstrasse”, literally “stone street”), from Stein (“stone”) +‎ Straße (“street, road”).

Noun

steinstrasse (plural steinstrasse or steinstrassen)

1. (medicine) A complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction.

Translations

complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

• Finnish: steinstrasse
• German: Steinstraße f

Anagrams

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