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lithiasis

American

[li-thahy-uh-sis] / lɪˈθaɪ ə sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.

lithiasis British

/ lɪˈθaɪəsɪs /

noun

pathol the formation of a calculus

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Etymology

Origin of lithiasis

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek lithíāsis; see lith-, -iasis

Example Sentences

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Urolithī′asis, lithiasis; Urol′ogy, urinology; U′romancy, divination by urine; Uroplā′nia, the abnormal presence of urine in any part of the body; Uropoiē′sis, the formation of urine.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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