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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITHOTRIPSY

Lith "o *trip `sy, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. lithotripsie. ] (Surg.)

 

Defn: The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lithotripsy

lith o trip sy |ˈliTHəˌtripsē ˈlɪθətrɪpsi | ▶noun Surgery a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body. DERIVATIVES lith o trip ter |-ˌtriptər |noun, lith o trip tic |ˌliTHəˈtriptik |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from litho- ‘of stone ’ + Greek tripsis ‘rubbing, ’ from tribein ‘to rub. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

lithotripsy

lithotripsy |ˈlɪθəˌtrɪpsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Surgery a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body. DERIVATIVES lithotripter (also lithotriptor ) noun, lithotriptic adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from litho- ‘of stone ’ + Greek tripsis ‘rubbing ’, from tribein ‘to rub ’.