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Definition of Calculi

1. n. pl. See Calculus.

Definition of Calculi

1. Noun. (plural of calculus) ¹

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Definition of Calculi

1. calculus [n] - See also: calculus

Medical Definition of Calculi

1. An abnormal concretion occurring within the animal body and usually composed of mineral salts. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calculi

Literary usage of Calculi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"In all cases of constitutional calculi the amount of solids excreted by the ... calculi may occur at any period of life —from the cradle to the grave. ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"There are two general classes of calculi as regards composition, ie, ... The structural plao of most calculi consists of an arrangement of concentric rings ..."

3. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1843)
"Although FOURCROY strongly expressed it as his opinion, that calculi would, sooner or later, be dissolved by the introduction of chemical agents into the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"Having occasion during his late residence in Western India to remove numerous urinary calculi from persons belonging to the indigenous population, ..."

5. A Guide to the practical examination of urine. For the use of physicians and by James Tyson (1891)
"URINARY calculi. THE qualitative analysis of gravel or calculus is much simpler than is ... calculi of xanthin and cystin occur, though very rarely. 1. ..."

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