urolith

English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ -lith.

Noun

urolith (plural uroliths)

1. (biology, medicine) A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.
   1. A bladder stone as distinguished from a kidney stone or a ureterolith.

Hypernyms

• calculus
• stone

Coordinate terms

• nephrolith (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)

Derived terms

• urolithiasis

Translations

bladder stone

• Finnish: virtsakivi
• Greek: ουρόλιθος (el) m (ourólithos)