Surg. Also lithon. [Orig. lithontriptor, a quasi-L. agent-noun on the analogy of LITHONTRIPTIC; afterwards refashioned (cf. prec.).] An instrument for rubbing down or crushing stone in the bladder.
1825. in Patents, Abridgem. Specif. Med., etc. (1863), 92. A surgical instrument for destroying the stone in the bladder without cutting, which he denominates ‘lithontriptor.’
1847. South, trans. Chelius’ Surg., II. 561. The catheter having been withdrawn, the lithotriptor is introduced.
