lithotrity noun. [lɪ'Ɵɒtrɪti] E19.
[from LITHO- + Latin tritor rubber (from terere rub) + -Y³: cf. LITHOTRIPSY.]
Medicine. The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder into minute particles which can be expelled through the urethra; mechanical lithotripsy.

■ 'lithotrite noun an instrument for lithotrity M19.

■ litho'tritic adjective M19.

■ lithotritor noun (now rare or obsolete) = lithotrite E19.

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