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English
Etymology
From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
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Noun
lithiasis (plural lithiases)
- (medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
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Further reading
- “lithiasis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “lithiasis”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “lithiasis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.