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Definition of Renal calculus
1. Noun. A calculus formed in the kidney.
Medical Definition of Renal calculus
1. A calculus occurring within the kidney collecting system. Synonym: nephrolith. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renal Calculus
Literary usage of Renal calculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"NEPHROLITHIASIS (renal calculus). Definition.—The formation in the kidney or in
its pelvis of concretions, by the deposition of certain of the solid ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"NEPHROLITHIASIS (renal calculus). Definition.—The formation in the kidney or in
its pelvis of concretions, by the deposition of certain of the solid ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"... of Treating renal calculus.—Mr. THOMAS SMITH read a paper on this subject
before the Royal Med. and Chirug. Society, the object of which was to ..."
4. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"In exceptional cases, a renal calculus may be discharged externally through the
loin with suppuration ; Dr. Cayley showed such a specimen at the ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"If more than one renal calculus is present one is usually larger than the others,
and the group frequently has the appearance of a large, ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"THE following is an account of the condition of the kidneys, with a description
of an unusually large renal calculus, found in a subject in the University ..."
7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"Piperazin in renal calculus.—Dr. David D. Stewart has carefully noted the effects
of piperazin—one of the most recent coal tar derivatives [Practitioner, ..."
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