Surg. Also in Fr. form -triteur. [ad. F. lithotriteur, an alteration of LITHOTRIPTOR, as if f. L. tritor, agent-n. f. terĕre to rub.] = LITHOTRIPTOR.
1828–32. in Webster.
1846. Brittan, trans. Malgaigne’s Man. Oper. Surg., 534. It is well to move the lithotriteur backwards and forwards to assure yourself that the stone is well seized.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., 550. The instruments employed for this purpose [i.e., Lithotrity] are called, in the abstract, Lithotrites, Lithotriteurs, Lithotritors, Lithotriptors, Lithothryptors, Lithotrypetæ, and Lithoclasts.
