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单词 lithotripter
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lith•o•trip•ter  (lithə trip′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Surgery, Medicinea device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
  • 1815–25; respelling, respelled, with -er1, of litho(n)triptor instrument for crushing kidney stones, pseudo- Latin derivative (compare captor, raptor) of litho(n)triptic, ultimately based on the Greek phrase (phármaka tôn en nephroîs) líthōn thryptiká (drugs) breaking up stones (in the kidneys); trip- by association with Greek trí̄bein to rub, knead, pound (verb, verbal adjective, adjectival trīptós)

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