Lithotrity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lithotrity \Li*thot"ri*ty\, n. [Litho- + L. terere, tritum, to
     rub, grind.] (Surg.)
     The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder or urethrea
     into small pieces capable of being voided; lithotripsy.
     [1913 Webster]