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Cosa (chi) è lithotripsy - definizione

MEDICAL PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF HARDENED MASSES
Lithotripsy of gallstones; Shock wave lithotripsy

lithotripsy         
['l????tr?psi]
¦ noun Surgery a treatment using ultrasound to shatter a calculus (stone) so that it can be passed out by the body.
Derivatives
lithotripter (also lithotriptor) noun
lithotriptic adjective
Origin
C19: from litho- + Gk tripsis 'rubbing'.
Lithotripsy         
·noun The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
Lithotriptor         
  • Some of the passed fragments of a 1-cm [[calcium oxalate]] stone that was smashed using lithotripsy
THERAPY USED TO TREAT KIDNEY STONES AND PLANTAR FASCIITIS
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; ESWL; Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy; ESWT; Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Lithotripter; Lithotriptor; Orbasone; Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy; Shock wave therapy; Extracorporeal pulse activation therapy; Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Extracorporeal shock wave treatment
·noun An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

Wikipedia

Lithotripsy

Lithotripsy is a non-invasive procedure involving the physical destruction of hardened masses like kidney stones, bezoars or gallstones. The term is derived from the Greek words meaning "breaking (or pulverizing) stones" (litho- + τρίψω [tripso]).

Esempi dal corpus di testo per lithotripsy
1. Larger kidney stones can be treated with an hour–long operation called lithotripsy, which breaks them up into tiny fragments using shockwaves.
2. I rushed round to the hospital and said: ‘Do you have a private room where I can writhe?‘ "They gave me some strong painkillers and booked me in for a lithotripsy.