Litholytic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A medicinal substance that has a litholytic effect.

    "Treatment options for symptomatic cholelithiasis include surgery, dissolution with oral bile salt litholytics or contact solvents, and current fragmentation."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the dissolution of stones, especially calculi such as gallstones, kidney stones, etc.

    "Varuna is one of the best litholytic herbs and has been used throughout the ages for the treatment of urolithiasis and crystalluria."

Example

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"Varuna is one of the best litholytic herbs and has been used throughout the ages for the treatment of urolithiasis and crystalluria."

Etymology

From litho- + -lytic.

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