urolithiasis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From international scientific vocabulary, using New Latin combining forms, from uro- + lithiasis = urolith + -iasis = uro- + lith + -iasis.
Noun[edit]
urolithiasis (countable and uncountable, plural urolithiases)
- (biology, medicine) Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the urinary tract.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- nephrolithiasis (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; and thus many mentions of urolithiasis and nephrolithiasis are loosely synonymous, which is to say, not precisely differentiated)
Translations[edit]
calculi in the urinary tract
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