Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITHONTRIPTIC

a.[Gr. stone, and to wear or break. ] Having the quality of dissolving the stone in the bladder or kidneys.

 

LITHONTRIPTIC

n.A medicine which has the power of dissolving the stone in the bladder or kidneys; a solvent of stone in the human urinary passage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITHONTRIPTIC

Lith `on *trip "tic, a. Etym: [Gr. lithontriptique.] (Med. )

 

Defn: Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forcéps. -- n.

 

Defn: A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.