Crushing of a stone, usually in the bladder, to reduce it to fragments small enough to be passed spontaneously or removed through an endoscope
The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder and washing out the fragments through a catheter. ... Origin: Litho-+ G. Lapaxis, an emptying out ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(lĭ-thol´ә-pak″se) the crushing of a stone in the bladder and washing out of the fragments.
Type: Term Pronunciation: li-thol′ă-pak′sē Definitions: 1. The technique of crushing a stone in the bladder and washing out the fragments through a catheter.