steinstrasse

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noun

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.

OriginGerman Steinstraße →
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Meanings

nounsteinstrasse (plural steinstrasse or steinstrassen)

plural steinstrassen

  1. medicineA 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.

Origin

  1. GermanSteinstraße“steinstrasse”
  2. Englishsteinstrasse

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

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Translations

Finnish steinstrasse
  • steinstrassecomplication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
German Steinstraße
  • Steinstraßecomplication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
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