- bladder calculus
- vesical c.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
bladder calculus
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bladder stone — vesical calculus … Medical dictionary
vesical calculus — a urinary calculus found in the bladder. Called also bladder c. or stone and cystolith … Medical dictionary
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