| lithosian | <zoology> Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully coloured. Origin: From NL. Lithosia, the typical genus, fr. Gr. A stone, a rock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lithotint | 1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink. 2. A picture produced by this process. Origin: Litho- + tint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithotome | 1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art. 2. <surgery> An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone. Origin: Gr. Cutting stones; stone + to cut: cf. F. Lithotome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithotomical | Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy. Origin: Gr. Stone cutting: cf. F. Lithotomique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithotomist | A person skilled in lithotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotomy | <surgery> The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder. Origin: L. Lithotomia, Gr., cf. F. Lithotomie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithotomy position | A supine position with buttocks at the end of the operating table, the hips and knees being fully flexed with feet strapped in position. Synonym: dorsosacral position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotresis | The boring of holes in a calculus to facilitate its crushing. Origin: Litho-+ G. Tresis, a boring (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotripsy | Known as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, this procedure uses sound waves delivered inside a water bath to pulverize kidney stones painlessly inside the body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lithotripsy, laser | Fragmentation of calculi, notably urinary or biliary, by laser. It is usually performed with an endoscopically guided pulsed tunable dye laser, a combination of a pulsed laser and a dye laser usually referred to as a pulsed dye laser. It is both safe and effective when extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is infeasible or unsuccessful. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lithotriptic | 1. Relating to lithotripsy. 2. An agent that effects the dissolution of a calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotriptor | <surgery> An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithotriptoscopy | Crushing of a stone in the bladder under direct vision by use of a lithotriptoscope. Origin: Litho-+ G. Tribo, to rub, crush, + skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotrite | A mechanical instrument used to crush a urinary calculus in lithotripsy. Synonym: lithoclast. Origin: Litho-+ L. Tero, pp. Tritus, to rub (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithotritor | <surgery> A lithotriptor. See: Lithotrity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |