lithotripsy
pronunciation
How to pronounce lithotripsy in British English:
UK ['laɪθəʊtrɪpsɪ]
How to pronounce lithotripsy in American English:
US ['laɪθoʊtrɪpsɪ]
Word Origin
- lithotripsy (n.)
- 1834, from litho- + -tripsy, from Greek tripsis "rubbing," from tribein "to rub, thresh, pound, wear out," from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn, twist" (see throw (v.)). Klein says the intended Greek word is thryptein "to crush" and there has been "confusion" with tribein.
Example
- 1. Local anesthesia ; ureteroscopy ; pneumatic lithotripsy ; renal failure .
- 2. Report of 221 cases frequency-doubled double-pulse laser lithotripsy with tamsulosin for ureteral calculi .
- 3. Recurrent cholangitis or cholecystitis after endoscopic lithotripsy of common bile duct stone with gallstone in situ .
- 4. Epidural block anesthesia ; percutaneous nephroscopic lithotripsy .
- 5. Conclusion ureteroscopic lithotripsy c an be effective in the treatment of ureteral stones .