Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LITH'O-TRIP-TOR
LITH'O-TRIP-TOR, n. [Gr. λιθος, a stone, and τριβω, to grind.]
An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder, so that it may be extracted without cutting, recently invented by Dr. Civiale.
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