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RENAL LITHIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renal lithiasis mean? 

RENAL LITHIASIS (noun)
  The noun RENAL LITHIASIS has 1 sense:

1. the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidneyplay

  Familiarity information: RENAL LITHIASIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RENAL LITHIASIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nephrolithiasis; renal lithiasis

Hypernyms ("renal lithiasis" is a kind of...):

lithiasis (the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "renal lithiasis"):

nephrocalcinosis (renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine)


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