Also in mod.L. form lithotripsis. [f. LITHO- + Gr. τρῖψις rubbing, f. τρῑβ-ειν to rub. Cf. next.] The operation of rubbing down or crushing stone in the bladder by means of a lithotriptor.
1834. Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), IV. 409, note. A tribute of praise to the several individuals by whom lithotrity and lithotripsy have been brought to their present state of efficiency.
1846. R. Liston, Pract. Surg., xii. (ed. 4), 495. In the year 1827, when lithotripsy was yet in its infancy.
1889. Syd. Soc. Lex., Lithotripsis.
