steinstrasse

See also: Steinstrasse

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Etymology

From German Steinstraße (“steinstrasse”, literally “stone street”), from Stein (“stone”) +‎ Straße (“street, road”).

Noun

steinstrasse (plural steinstrasse or steinstrassen)

  1. (medicine) A complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction.

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