cholelithotripsy
[ko″le-lith´o-trip″se] (cholelithotrity [ko″le-lĭ-thot´rĭ-te]) crushing of a gallstone.Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
cho·le·lith·o·trip·sy
, cholelithotrity (kō'lē-lith'ō-trip-sē, kō-lē-li-thot'ri-tē), Rarely used term for the crushing of a gallstone.
[chole- + G. lithos, stone, + tripsis, a rubbing]
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cho·le·lith·o·trip·sy
, cholelithotrity (kō'lĕ-lith'ō-trip-sē, -li-thotri-tē) The crushing of a gallstone.
[chole- + G. lithos, stone, + tripsis, a rubbing]
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