lithontriptic
English
Alternative forms
- lithonthriptic, lithonthryptic
Etymology
Ancient Greek a stone + to rub, grind.
Adjective
lithontriptic (not comparable)
- (medicine) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys.
Noun
lithontriptic (plural lithontriptics)
- (medicine) A lithontriptic remedy or agent.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lithontriptic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)