urinary calculus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of urinary calculus
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.
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These salts also are an important, if not the chief, constituent of biliary and urinary calculi.
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A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.
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The ova often serve as a nucleus for urinary calculi.
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Another insoluble salt which enters largely into the composition of many urinary calculi of the ox is carbonate of lime.
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