cupulolithiasis

cupulolithiasis
SYN: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

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cu·pu·lo·li·thi·a·sis (ku″pu-lo-lĭ-thiґə-sis) the presence of calculi in the cupula of the posterior semicircular duct, a cause of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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