Word.ws English Dictionary

cystolithotripsy

cystolithotripsy noun: the crushing of a stone in the bladder.

Noun

cystolithotripsy (uncountable)

  1. The crushing of a stone in the bladder.

Origin of cystolithotripsy

From cysto- (“bladder”) + lithotripsy.

Questions about cystolithotripsy

What does cystolithotripsy mean?
Cystolithotripsy means the crushing of a stone in the bladder.
What part of speech is cystolithotripsy?
Cystolithotripsy is a noun.

Words near cystolithotripsy in the dictionary

  1. cystolith
  2. cystolithiasis
  3. cystolithic
  4. cystolithotomies
  5. cystolithotomy
  6. cystolithotripsy
  7. cystoliths
  8. cystological
  9. cystology
  10. cystoma
  11. cystomas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cystolithotripsy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cystolithotripsy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cystolithotripsy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.