Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lithotritor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
lithotripter .
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Examples
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The patient and the lithotriptor that emits the shock waves are placed in a water bath.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The patient and the lithotriptor that emits the shock waves are placed in a water bath.
THE MEDICAL NEWS kerrai 2010
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An example - our Trust recently purchased an all singing all dancing lithotriptor, which fragments kidney stones by sound waves.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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