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urinary calculus

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a calcareous concretion in the urinary tract.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of urinary calculus1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.

These salts also are an important, if not the chief, constituent of biliary and urinary calculi.

A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.

The ova often serve as a nucleus for urinary calculi.

Another insoluble salt which enters largely into the composition of many urinary calculi of the ox is carbonate of lime.

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