- vesical calculus
- a urinary calculus found in the bladder. Called also bladder c. or stone and cystolith.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
vesical calculus
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Calculus — A stone, as in the urinary tract. Also, the calcium salt deposits on the teeth. The word calculus in Latin means a pebble. Pebbles were once used for counting, from which came the mathematical field of calculus. A urinary calculus is a pebble in… … Medical dictionary
encysted calculus — a vesical calculus enclosed in a sac developed from the wall of the bladder; called also pocketed c … Medical dictionary
bladder calculus — vesical c … Medical dictionary
urinary calculus — n a calculus occurring in any portion of the urinary tract and esp. in the pelvis of the kidney called also urinary stone, urolith * * * a calculus in any part of the urinary tract; vesical calculi are those lodged in the bladder and renal… … Medical dictionary
bladder stone — vesical calculus … Medical dictionary
lithotomy — Cutting for stone; a cutting operation for the removal of a calculus, especially a vesical calculus. SYN: lithectomy. [litho + G. tome, incision] high l. SYN: suprapubic l.. lateral l. l. in which the perineum is incised to one … Medical dictionary
cystolithiasis — The presence of a vesical calculus. SYN: vesicolithiasis. [cysto + G. lithos, stone, + iasis, condition] * * * cys·to·li·thi·a·sis .sis tō lith ī ə səs n, pl a·ses .sēz the presence of calculi in the urinary bladder * * * n. the presence o … Medical dictionary
cystolith — SYN: vesical calculus. [cysto + G. lithos, stone] * * * cys·to·lith sis tə .lith n a urinary calculus cys·to·lith·ic .sis tə lith ik adj * * * cys·to·lith (sisґto lith) [cysto + lith] vesical calculus … Medical dictionary
cystolithic — Relating to a vesical calculus. * * * cys·to·lith·ic (sis″to lithґik) 1. pertaining to a vesical calculus … Medical dictionary
Cystine — An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids which serve as the building blocks of protein. Cystine is not an essential amino acid, that is, it is not essential to the diet since the body can synthesize (make) it. Cystine is particularly notable… … Medical dictionary
