calculous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of calculous
1400–50; late Middle English calculose, full of stones < Latin calculōsus, equivalent to calcul ( us ) small stone ( calculus ) + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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It’s not an especially complicated calculous: Hillary Clinton believes the current system is broken.
From MSNBC
In the second study, French researchers focused on just over 400 people who had acute calculous cholecystitis, an inflammation and enlargement of the gallbladder.
From US News
Such government subsidies don’t just provide financial assistance to those choosing institutional childcare; they can change the calculous for other families.
From Forbes
Muller has justly observed that these experiments of Magendie have thrown considerable light on the causes and the mode of treatment of the gout and calculous disorders.
From Project Gutenberg
He had been little subject to disease, except an attack of the gout occasionally, until about the year 1781, when he was first attacked with symptoms of the calculous complaint, which continued during his life.
From Project Gutenberg
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