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Calculus — A stone, as in the urinary tract. Also, the calcium salt deposits on the teeth. The word calculus in Latin means a pebble. Pebbles were once used for counting, from which came the mathematical field of calculus. A urinary calculus is a pebble in… … Medical dictionary
gastrolith — A concretion in the stomach. SYN: gastric calculus. [gastro + G. lithos, stone] * * * gas·tro·lith ga strə .lith n a gastric calculus * * * n. a stone in the stomach, which usually builds up around a bezoar. * * * gas·tro·lith (gasґtro lith)… … Medical dictionary
gastrolith — ˈgastrəˌlith noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gastr + lith 1. a. : crab s eye 1 b. : a stone or pebble found in the stomach of some fishes and reptiles and presumably used for grin … Useful english dictionary
Gallstone — Classification and external resources Numerous small gallstones, composed largely of cholesterol ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
Bezoar — For the animal, see Bezoar Ibex. Bezoar stones were seen as valuable commodities, sometimes with magical healing properties, as in the old English case Chandelor v Lopus[1] … Wikipedia
Cholecystitis — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a gallbladder with cholecystitis and cholesterolosis. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
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Diverticulum — A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural is diverticula. Diverticula… … Medical dictionary
