Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steinstrasse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ste-in-strasse
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Steinstraße

Inflected Forms

steinstrassen (plural)

Questions

What does steinstrasse mean?: 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.
Where does steinstrasse come from?: It is traced to German.

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