n
Alternative form of bronchiolization [The formation of bronchioles.]
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(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
adj
(rare, obsolete) Producing chyle.
adj
Relating to, or obtained from, bile; cholic.
adj
(physiology) Resembling or consisting of chyle.
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
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(medicine) A urinary calculus.
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The presence of stones in the bladder.
adj
(medicine) Relating to stone in the bladder.
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(medicine) The crushing of a stone in the bladder.
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(pathology) Any disease of the urinary bladder
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(medicine) A spiky urinary calculus resembling a piece from the game of jacks.
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(medicine) A calculus in the kidney.
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(medicine, archaic) Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
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(medicine) The extraction of calculi through the mechanically dilated urethra.
n
(medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
adj
(medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body
n
A mechanism for lithobraking.
n
A now obsolete surgical instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.
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(surgery) The crushing of stones in the bladder.
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(medicine, dated) The fragmentation or solution of a calculus.
n
(pathology) The formation of calculi (stony concretions).
adj
(medicine) Promoting the formation of calculi.
n
A forceps-like instrument for grasping a calculus and holding it while it is crushed.
n
(medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments.
n
Alternative form of litholapaxy [(medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments.]
n
(medicine) The dissolving of urinary calculi
adj
Pertaining to the dissolution of stones, especially calculi such as gallstones, kidney stones, etc.
adj
Alternative form of lithontriptic [(medicine) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys.]
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys.
n
Alternative form of lithotriptist [a surgeon who specializes in performing lithotripsy]
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Alternative form of lithopedion [(medicine) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.]
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(medicine) The “true” form of lithopedion, in which the fetus itself is calcified.
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(surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. [from 18th c.]
adj
Relating to, or performed by, lithotomy.
adj
(surgery) of, or related to lithotripsy
n
(surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.
n
(surgery) A device used in lithotripsy
adj
Alternative form of lithontriptic [(medicine) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys.]
n
a surgeon who specializes in performing lithotripsy
n
Alternative spelling of lithotripter [(surgery) A device used in lithotripsy]
n
Alternative form of lithotripter [(surgery) A device used in lithotripsy]
n
(surgery) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
n
Alternative spelling of lithotripter [(surgery) A device used in lithotripsy]
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(medicine) The passage of small calculi in the urine.
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Indicating lysis, or the end of a disease.
n
(pathology) The unintentional aspiration of very small amounts of reflux material, especially as a cause of laryngeal inflammation and bronchorrhea
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(pathology) lithiasis involving a large number of very small stones
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(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
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(biology, medicine) Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the kidneys (kidney stones).
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to gravel, or renal calculi.
n
The measurement and classification of kidney stones
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(surgery) The removal of a renal calculus by incision into the kidney
n
The measurement of the kidneys
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(medicine) The presence of calculi in the kidneys and ureters.
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A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
n
stimulation of the lungs
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(medicine) A measure of the ability of the kidneys to remove a specific substance from the bloodstream.
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(obsolete, medicine) Dissolving bladder stones.
n
A condition where a calcified mass (called a sialolith or salivary stone) forms within a salivary gland.
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A small kidney stone, typically in a neonate
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(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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(obsolete) A colic attributed to the presence of kidney stones.
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A mineralization of debris within the crevices of the tonsils.
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A three-pronged surgical instrument for removing calculi from the bladder.
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(biology, medicine) A stone in a ureter.
adj
of, or relating to urine; urinary
adj
Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.
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(more specifically) A bladder stone as distinguished from a kidney stone or a ureterolith.
n
(biology, medicine) Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the urinary tract.
adj
Of or pertaining to a urolith
n
A fatty kind of renal calculus.
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