| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lithotrity |
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| SYLLABICATION: | li·thot·ri·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l -th t r-t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. li·thot·ri·ties
A surgical procedure to pulverize stones in the urinary bladder or urethra so that they can be passed out of the body in the urine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From lithotritor, lithotripter, alteration (influenced by Latin tr tor, pounder, grinder) of obsolete lithotriptor; see lithotripter.
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