lithotripter

lithotripter
/lith"euh trip'teuhr/, n.
a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
[1815-25; resp., with -ER1, of litho(n)triptor instrument for crushing kidney stones, pseudo- L deriv. (cf. CAPTOR, RAPTOR) of litho(n)triptic, ult. based on the Gk phrase (phármaka tôn en nephroîs) líthon thryptiká (drugs) breaking up stones (in the kidneys); trip- by assoc. with Gk tríbein to rub, knead, pound (v. adj. triptós)]

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