a. and sb. [Refashioned form of LITHONTRIPTIC, as if f. Gr. λίθο-ς stone + -τριπτικός, f. τρῑβειν to rub, wear away.] = LITHONTRIPTIC.
1847. South, trans. Chelius’ Surg., II. 561. Rigal’s chest-like contrivance, which contains all the lithotriptic instruments. Ibid., 564. The duration of a lithotriptic sitting depends on the sensibility of the patient.
