English

lithodialysis

From litho- + dialysis.

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’

Ancient Greek δῐᾰλῡ́ω ‘to loose one from another, to part asunder,…’

Ancient Greek διάλυσις ‘a separating or parting’

Latin dialysis ‘separation’

Today it means

noun The fragmentation or solution of a calculus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lithodialysis