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medical health digestive disordersWhat does the medical term Lithiasis mean?
Medical Definition of lithiasis
: the formation of stony concretions in the body (as in the urinary tract or gallbladder) —often used in combination cholelithiasis. More from Merriam-Webster on lithiasis. Rhyming Dictionary: Words that rhyme with lithiasis. Comments on lithiasis.
Likewise, people ask, what does the suffix Lithiasis mean?
lithiasis. li·thi·a·sis. the formation of calculi, or mineral concretions, within the body. Origin of lithiasis. Modern Latin from Classical Greek lithos, stone + -iasis.
In respect to this, what does Tripsy mean?
-tripsy. word element [Gr.], crushing; used to designate a surgical procedure in which a structure is intentionally crushed.
Lithotripsy. Lithotripsy is a procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones in the kidney, bladder, or ureter (tube that carries urine from your kidneys to your bladder). After the procedure, the tiny pieces of stones pass out of your body in your urine.