nephrolithotripsy

noun

The breaking-up of kidney stones by means of ultrasound

Scrabble 30

Meanings

nounnephrolithotripsy (countable and uncountable, plural nephrolithotripsies)

plural nephrolithotripsies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe breaking-up of kidney stones by means of ultrasound

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