lacrimal calculus
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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
dacryolith — A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus. SYN: lacrimal calculus, ophthalmolith, tear stone. [dacryo + G. lithos, stone] Desmarres dacryoliths SYN: Nocardia dacryoliths. Nocardia dacryoliths white … Medical dictionary
cálculo lagrimal — Eng. Lacrimal calculus Ver dacriolito … Diccionario de oftalmología
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