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noun
The process of forming stonelike deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pathology
Narrower terms: cholelithiasis, enterolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, renal lithiasis
History
From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Across languages
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