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Lithotrity   Listen
noun
Lithotrity  n.  (Surg.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder or urethrea into small pieces capable of being voided; lithotripsy.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... distressed by Pierrette's horrible sufferings, Monsieur Martener made several journeys to Paris; there he consulted Desplein and Bianchon, and even went so far as to propose to them an operation of the nature of lithotrity, which consists in passing into the head a hollow instrument by the help of which an heroic remedy can be applied to the diseased bone, to arrest the progress of the caries. Even the bold Desplein dared not attempt that high-handed surgical measure, ...
— Pierrette • Honore de Balzac



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