LITHIASIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lithiasis" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lithiasis"):

cholelithiasis (the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder)

enterolithiasis (the presence of calculi in the intestines)

nephrolithiasis; renal lithiasis (the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney)

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