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NEPHROLITH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrolith mean?
• NEPHROLITH (noun)
The noun NEPHROLITH has 1 sense:
1. a calculus formed in the kidney
Familiarity information: NEPHROLITH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calculus formed in the kidney
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
kidney stone; nephrolith; renal calculus; urinary calculus
Hypernyms ("nephrolith" is a kind of...):
calculus; concretion (a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body)
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