nephrolithiasis
English edit
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, using New Latin combining forms, from nephro- + lithiasis = nephrolith + -iasis = nephro- + lith + -iasis.
Noun edit
nephrolithiasis (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine) Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the kidneys (kidney stones).
Coordinate terms edit
- urolithiasis (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 kidneys
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