gastrolith

gastrolith
A concretion in the stomach. SYN: gastric calculus. [gastro- + G. lithos, stone]

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gas·tro·lith 'ga-strə-.lith n a gastric calculus

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n.
a stone in the stomach, which usually builds up around a bezoar.

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gas·tro·lith (gasґtro-lith) [gastro- + -lith] a concretion in the stomach; called also gastric calculus.

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