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CHOLELITHIASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cholelithiasis mean?
• CHOLELITHIASIS (noun)
The noun CHOLELITHIASIS has 1 sense:
1. the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder
Familiarity information: CHOLELITHIASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cholelithiasis" is a kind of...):
lithiasis (the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ)
Context examples
It includes asymptomatic elevation of the liver function tests, steatosis, cholecystitis with cholelithiasis, sclerosing cholangitis, biliary cirrhosis, and cholangiocarcinoma.
(Liver Disease Associated with Cystic Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)
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