Hepaticolithotripsy


hepaticolithotripsy he·pat·i·co·lith·o·trip·sy (hĭ-pāt’ĭ-kō-lĭth’ə-trĭp’sē)
n.
The crushing a biliary calculus in a hepatic duct.

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