Taber's Medical Dictionary
lithotripter, lithotriptor
(lith′ŏ-trip″tĕr )
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A device for breaking up kidney stones.
SYN: SEE: lithotrite
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Lithotripter, Lithotriptor." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742062/all/lithotripter_lithotriptor.
Lithotripter, lithotriptor. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742062/all/lithotripter_lithotriptor. Accessed October 1, 2026.
Lithotripter, lithotriptor. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742062/all/lithotripter_lithotriptor
Lithotripter, Lithotriptor [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742062/all/lithotripter_lithotriptor.
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