'Urinary calculus' definitions:

Definition of 'urinary calculus'

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noun
A calculus formed in the kidney [syn: kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus]

Definition of 'Urinary calculus'

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  • Urinary \U"ri*na*ry\, a. [L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine. [1913 Webster]
  • Urinary calculus (Med.), a concretion composed of some one or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney.
  • Urinary pigments, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies. [1913 Webster]