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Lithotripsy
Meaning
Noun
●
In Surgery:
A treatment,
typically
using
ultrasound
shock waves
or
crushing
with a
surgical
instrument
, by which a
kidney stone
or
similar
calculus
is
broken into
particles
small enough to be
voided
or
washed
out.
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