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lithotripter

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lithotripter /litho·trip·ter/ (lith´o-trip″ter) an instrument for crushing calculi in lithotripsy.
lith·o·trip·ter (lth-trptr)
n.
A device that pulverizes kidney stones by passing shock waves through a water-filled tub in which the patient sits. The procedure creates stone fragments small enough to be expelled in the urine.
lithotripter
Urology A device used during cystoscopy to crush and remove bladder, ureteral, and renal stones


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