lithiasis
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (“lithiasis”), from λίθος (lithos, “stone”).
Noun [edit]
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.
Translations [edit]
formation of stone-like deposits
Derived terms [edit]
- lithiatic
- cholecystolithiasis
- cholelithiasis
- cystolithiasis
- enterolithiasis
- nephrolithiasis
- renolithiasis
- sialolithiasis
- ureterolithiasis
- urethrolithiasis
- urocystolithiasis
- urolithiasis
External links [edit]
- lithiasis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lithiasis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- lithiasis at OneLook Dictionary Search
