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lithotrity

N การ ทำให้ นิ่ว ใน กระเพาะปัสสาวะ แตก ละเอียด เพื่อ ขับถ่าย ออกมา ได้ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITHOTRITY

Li *thot "ri *ty, n. Etym: [Litho- + L. terere, tritum, to rub, grind. ](Surg.)

 

Defn: The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lithotrity

li thot ri ty |liˈTHätrətē ləˈθɑtrədi | ▶noun Surgery a surgical procedure involving the mechanical breaking down of gallstones or other calculi. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from litho- ‘of stone ’ + Latin tritor ‘thing that rubs ’ + -y 3 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

lithotrity

lithotrity |lɪˈθɒtrɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Surgery a surgical procedure involving the mechanical breaking down of gallstones or other calculi. DERIVATIVES lithotrite noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from litho- ‘of stone ’ + Latin tritor ‘thing that rubs ’ + -y 3 .