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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lithotripsy /ˈlɪθəˌtrɪpsi/

▶noun Surgery a treatment using ultrasound to shatter a calculus (stone) so that it can be passed out by the body.

– derivatives
lithotripter (also lithotriptor) noun,
lithotriptic adjective.

– origin C19: from litho- + Gk tripsis ‘rubbing’.

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