kidney stone

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noun Pathology.

an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.

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Also called renal calculus.

Origin of kidney stone

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby kidney stone

kidney machine, kidney ore, kidney punch, kidneys, kidney-shaped, kidney stone, kidney stones, kidney vetch, kidney worm, kidneywort, kidology

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How to use kidney stone in a sentence

For example, the STONE score helps doctors determine the likelihood of kidney stones in a patient who shows up to the emergency room with flank pain.
“Race norming” and the long legacy of medical racism, explained|Fabiola Cineas|July 9, 2021|Vox
After testing the calculator with 491 randomly selected patients, its creator concluded in a 2014 study that the score “reliably predicts” the presence of kidney stones.
“Race norming” and the long legacy of medical racism, explained|Fabiola Cineas|July 9, 2021|Vox
After Liebich filed grievances complaining about the poor medical care he’d received for his kidney stone, he said staff began to view him as a nuisance.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken|by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ|December 2, 2020|ProPublica
According to medical records, a kidney stone had made it impossible for him to urinate.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken|by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ|December 2, 2020|ProPublica

Examples of elective surgery include removing a mole or wart, and having kidney stones removed.
With hospitals increasingly full, Americans can’t get important medical treatments|Sy Mukherjee|December 1, 2020|Fortune
My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mullins quotes Stewart from an interview with Rolling Stone.
David Gregory's 'Meet the Press' Eviction Exposed in Washingtonian Takedown|Lloyd Grove|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Monsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The clink of the stone-masons' chisels had resounded year after year from morning till night.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A few small rocks of some soft stone may be added, and in between these the Ferns are planted.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin

British Dictionary definitions for kidney stone

kidney stone

noun

Also called: renal calculus pathol a hard mass formed in the kidney, usually composed of oxalates, phosphates, and carbonates

mineralogy another name for nephrite

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Scientific definitions for kidney stone

kidney stone

A calculus that originates in the kidney and is usually composed of calcium salts, uric acid, cystine, and other compounds. Kidney stones cause extreme pain and bleeding if they obstruct the passage of urine in the kidney or in the ureter. They can often be treated with lithotripsy .