urolith
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English
Etymology
Noun
urolith (plural uroliths)
- (biology, medicine) A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.
- A bladder stone as distinguished from a kidney stone or a ureterolith.
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- nephrolith (sensu stricto, coordinate, but in practice any stone passed in the urine may be called a kidney stone, as the locus of its formation may not yet be known)
Derived terms
Translations
bladder stone
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