BLADDER STONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladder stone mean? 

• BLADDER STONE (noun)
  The noun BLADDER STONE has 1 sense:

1. a calculus formed in the bladder

  Familiarity information: BLADDER STONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLADDER STONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A calculus formed in the bladder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

bladder stone; cystolith

Hypernyms ("bladder stone" 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)

 Context examples 

Calculi of the urinary bladder; also known as vesical calculi or bladder stones, and cystoliths.

(Bladder Stone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)