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CYSTOLITH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cystolith mean?
• CYSTOLITH (noun)
The noun CYSTOLITH has 1 sense:
1. a calculus formed in the bladder
Familiarity information: CYSTOLITH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calculus formed in the bladder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bladder stone; cystolith
Hypernyms ("cystolith" 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)
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