kidney stones

1. Small, hard masses that form by chemical precipitation and are found in the kidneys . Kidney stones vary in size, with most of them being small enough to pass through the urinary tract for elimination in the urine . Some, however, may be large enough to obstruct the kidney and cause tremendous pain.

Example Sentences

“I was passing kidney stones and I did what probably a lot of people do—I went online,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

The easiest way to convince a croaker to write a “script” for morphine is to fake gallstones or kidney stones.

From The Daily Beast

Kidney stones are so common that in some communities nearly all the residents have had their gallbladders removed.

From The Daily Beast

Leaping to the kidney-stones that paved it, he announced himself a visitor to Mistress Rosamund.

From Project Gutenberg

The kidney-stones of the Leicester streets had been hurting her feet, and she was in no mood for mercy.

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Similar relief is often afforded from the pain of kidney stones before they become definitely engaged in the ureter.

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