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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Med.) an abnormal concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney, composed primarily of calcium oxalates and phosphates; -- also called
kidney stone ,nephrolith , andnephritic calculus (an obsolete term).
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- noun a calculus formed in the kidney
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