Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LITHOTRIPSY
Etymology
Noun
lithotripsy (plural lithotripsies)
(surgery) The breaking-up of kidney stones or similar calculi by means of ultrasound
Source: Wiktionary
Lith"o*trip`sy, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. lithotripsie.] (Surg.)
Definition: The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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