Etymology

steinstrasse

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Today it means: A complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction. Full definition →

German Steinstraße
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  1. German · borrowed fromSteinstraße“steinstrasse”
  2. English todaysteinstrasse

From German Steinstraße (“steinstrasse”, literally “stone street”), from Stein (“stone”) + Straße (“street, road”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.