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Definition of Coprolith
1. Noun. A hard mass of fecal matter.
Medical Definition of Coprolith
1. A hard mass consisting of inspissated faeces. Synonym: fecalith, stercolith. Origin: copro-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coprolith
Literary usage of Coprolith
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.) (1908)
"In only 1 recorded case of primary cancer of the appendix is there mention of a
foreign body (other than coprolith) having been found. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"Foreign body proved to be a small coprolith escaped from descending colon.
(In the rabbit the lower colon begins in a curve behind the lesser curvature of ..."
3. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"... when they are not too fat, and this greatly assists in making an accurate
diagnosis, especially of foreign bodies, fecal accumulation (coprolith), etc. ..."
4. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of laboratory methods, for students by Charles Edmund Simon (1902)
"Fecal calculi or coprolith* are likewise only rarely seen. They represent
inspissated fecal material which has become impregnated with lime and magnesium ..."
5. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"A large coprolith is seen through the incision in the intestinal wall. A piece
of skin was removed before the hernia was closed. be familiar with the fact ..."
6. Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters by Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey (1909)
"It is now become coprolith to me, insignificant as the dung of a thousand centuries
ago: I did get through, thank God; let it now wander into the belly of ..."
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