Vesical calculus
1vesical calculus — a urinary calculus found in the bladder. Called also bladder c. or stone and cystolith …
2Calculus — 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… …
3encysted calculus — a vesical calculus enclosed in a sac developed from the wall of the bladder; called also pocketed c …
4bladder calculus — vesical c …
5urinary 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… …
6bladder stone — vesical calculus …
7lithotomy — 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 …
8cystolithiasis — 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 …
9cystolith — 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 …
10cystolithic — Relating to a vesical calculus. * * * cys·to·lith·ic (sis″to lithґik) 1. pertaining to a vesical calculus …
