Phrase guide

kidney stone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A calculus in the kidney.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kidney gravel, nephrolith, renal calculus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a calculus formed in the kidney

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calculus, concretion

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَصَاة كُلْوِيَّة — calculus in the kidney
  • Catalan: pedra en el ronyó — calculus in the kidney
  • Catalan: càlcul renal — calculus in the kidney
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腎結石 /肾结石 (shènjiéshí) — calculus in the kidney
  • Danish: nyresten — calculus in the kidney
  • Danish: nyregrus — calculus in the kidney
  • Dutch: niersteen — calculus in the kidney
  • Finnish: munuaiskivi — calculus in the kidney
  • Finnish: virtsakivi — calculus in the kidney
  • French: calcul rénal — calculus in the kidney
  • German: Nierenstein — calculus in the kidney
  • German: Nierengrieß — calculus in the kidney
  • German: Nephrolith — calculus in the kidney
  • Hindi: वृक्क अश्मरी (vŕkk aśmarī) — calculus in the kidney
  • Hungarian: vesekő — calculus in the kidney
  • Hunsrik: Nieresteen — calculus in the kidney
  • Indonesian: batu ginjal — calculus in the kidney
  • Italian: calcolo renale — calculus in the kidney
  • Japanese: 腎臓結石 (jinzō kesseki) — calculus in the kidney
  • Korean: 신장결석 (sinjanggyeolseok) — calculus in the kidney
  • Lao: ຫນິ້ວ (niu) — calculus in the kidney
  • Marathi: मुतखडा (mutkhaḍā) — calculus in the kidney
  • Mongolian: бөөрний чулуу (böörnii čuluu) — calculus in the kidney
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyrestein — calculus in the kidney
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyrestein — calculus in the kidney
  • Persian: سنگ کلیه (sang-e koliye) — calculus in the kidney
  • Polish: kamień nerkowy — calculus in the kidney
  • Portuguese: cálculo renal — calculus in the kidney
  • Portuguese: pedra — calculus in the kidney
  • Portuguese: pedra de rim — calculus in the kidney
  • Portuguese: nefrólito — calculus in the kidney
  • Romanian: piatră la rinichi — calculus in the kidney
  • Romanian: calcul renal — calculus in the kidney
  • Romanian: nefrolit — calculus in the kidney
  • Russian: по́чечный ка́мень (póčečnyj kámenʹ) — calculus in the kidney
  • Russian: ка́мень в по́чках (kámenʹ v póčkax) — calculus in the kidney
  • Spanish: cálculo renal — calculus in the kidney
  • Sundanese: geureugeuseun — calculus in the kidney
  • Swedish: njursten — calculus in the kidney
  • Tagalog: buo sa bato — calculus in the kidney
  • Thai: นิ่ว (nîu) — calculus in the kidney
  • Turkish: böbrek taşı — calculus in the kidney
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوم (kum) — calculus in the kidney
  • Ukrainian: камінь в нирках (kaminʹ v nyrkax) — calculus in the kidney
  • Ukrainian: нирковий камінь (nyrkovyj kaminʹ) — calculus in the kidney
  • Vietnamese: sỏi thận — calculus in the kidney
  • Volapük: roinaston — calculus in the kidney
  • Volapük: roinagrüd — calculus in the kidney