Definitions For Urolithiasis

Noun

UROLITHIASIS (plural urolithiases) (biology, medicine) Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculus, id=medical concretion, calculi in the urinary tract.

Coordinate terms

nephrolithiasis ({{l, mul, sensu stricto), coordinate term, coordinate, but in practice any stone, id=medical concretion passed in the urine may be called a kidney stone, as the locus of its formation may not yet be known; and thus many mentions of urolithiasis and nephrolithiasis are loosely synonymous, which is to say, not precisely differentiated}}

Translations

Finnish: virtsakivitauti, urolitiaasi French: lithiase urinaire, f, calcul urinaire, m Greek: ουρολιθίαση, f Russian: мочекаменная болезнь, f

Etymology

from international scientific vocabulary, using new latin {{w + classical compound + 2=combining forms}}, from uro + lithiasis = {{suffix + en + urolith + iasis}} = {{confix + en + uro + lith + iasis}}.