释义 |
lithotrite Surg.|ˈlɪθətraɪt| [Back-formation from lithotrity.] An instrument for crushing stone in the bladder into minute particles which can be passed through the urethra.
1839R. Druitt Surgeon's Vade Mecum vi. iv. 401 The instrument which has now superseded the foregoing, is the screw lithotrite of Mr. Weiss. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder 149 The tumor was seized and torn away with the trilabe, or crushed by a lithotrite. |