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lithiasis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lithiasis has 1 sense
- lithiasis(n = noun.state) - the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ; has particulars: cholelithiasis, enterolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, renal lithiasis
is a kind of pathology
CIDE DICTIONARY
lithiasis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. liqi`asis, fr. li`qos stone.].
The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
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