urinary calculus

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noun Pathology.

a calcareous concretion in the urinary tract.

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Origin of urinary calculus

First recorded in 1785–95

Hongkongers aren't asking to secede from China, but Beijing's faulty calculus is only alienating the city.
Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0?|Brendon Hong|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A procedure to reopen his urinary tract could have been done under local anesthesia.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Cancer Scare|IranWire|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.
Up To a Point: Binge Watching Putin's Propaganda Network|P. J. O’Rourke|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead the real defining issue—class—does not fit so easily into the current political calculus.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election|Joel Kotkin|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With other emerging allies the calculus is trickier and leaves less margin for error.
America Has an Unannounced ISIS Strategy, And It Involves Iran|Jacob Siegel|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Considerable hemorrhages from the bladder may occur in vesical calculus, tuberculosis, and newgrowths.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd