cholelithiasis

[ koh-luh-li-thahy-uh-sis, kol-uh- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. the presence of gallstones.

cholelithiasis

/ kō′lə-lĭ-thī′ə-sĭs /

1. The presence or formation of gallstones in the gallbladder or bile ducts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cholelithiasis¹

First recorded in 1855–60; cholelith + -iasis

Example Sentences

Cholelithiasis, that is, stone in the bile duct, may not only cause severe pain, but may lead to rupture of the duct and a rapidly fatal termination.

From Project Gutenberg

If a man suffering from gallstones went to a textbook of surgery to study his disease, he. would find things like this: "Whereas in cases of simple cholelithiasis cholecystostomy is the operation of choice, in cases of acute calculous cholecystitis cholecystectomy is to be preferred."

From Time Magazine Archive

Even assuming that their special malaises are wholly offset by the effects of alcoholism in the male, they suffer patently from the same adenoids, gastritis, cholelithiasis, nephritis, tuberculosis, carcinoma, arthritis and so on—in short, from the same disturbances of colloidal equilibrium that produce religion, delusions of grandeur, democracy, pyaemia, night sweats, the yearning to save humanity, and all other such distempers in men.

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