lithotritistn.
/lɪˈθɒtrɪtɪst/ One who practises lithotrity.
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1836 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 2 470 The road to the lithotritist's success is cleverly marked out by M. Amussat.
1846 R. Liston Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) xii. 495 In 1829, a professed lithotritist arrived in this country.
1868 H. Thompson Dis. Urinary Organs (1882) xiii. 87 The skill of the lithotritist may to some extent be known by the debris he makes.
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