Definition of Nephrolithiasis

1. Noun. The presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney.

Exact synonyms: Renal Lithiasis
Specialized synonyms: Nephrocalcinosis
Generic synonyms: Lithiasis

Definition of Nephrolithiasis

1. Noun. (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Nephrolithiasis

1. The presence of calculi in the kidney or collecting system. The calculi are usually small (2-12mm) solid, crystalline, concretions that develop in the kidney and eventually pass through the genitourinary tract. Stones may be composed of calcium, phosphate or uric acid. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrolithiasis

nephrocyte
nephrocytes
nephrogenetic
nephrogenic
nephrogenic adenoma
nephrogenic cord
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
nephrogenic tissue
nephrogenous
nephrogram
nephrography
nephrohydrosis
nephroi
nephroid
nephrolith
nephrolithiasis (current term)
nephrolithic
nephrolithotomy
nephroliths
nephrological
nephrologies
nephrologist
nephrologists
nephrology
nephrolysin
nephrolysis
nephrolytic
nephroma
nephromalacia
nephromegaly

Literary usage of Nephrolithiasis

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

1. Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students by Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter (1913)
"To sum up the treatment of uric acid nephrolithiasis : we prescribe the appropriate diet and alkalies, and, if a stone is surely in the pelvis of the kidney ..."

2. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Internal Diseases: Designed for the Use of by Frederick Forchheimer (1906)
"In the floating kidney nephrolithiasis may be prevented by its proper treatment. ... In nephrolithiasis it would be impossible to do this except in the ..."

3. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1902)
"nephrolithiasis The management of diet is of the greatest importance for the prevention of the formation of renal calculi. These stones may be composed of ..."

4. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Internal Diseases: Designed for the Use of by Frederick Forchheimer (1906)
"In nephrolithiasis it would be impossible to do this except in the presence of pyelitis, as the urine normally always contains lower forms of life. ..."

5. The Treatment of Disease: A Manual of Practical Medicine by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1907)
"nephrolithiasis. Synonyms. Renal Calculus; Kidney Stone; Gravel. Definition. nephrolithiasis is the term applied to that condition of the kidney and renal ..."

6. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"nephrolithiasis. Definition.—The presence of urinary stones in the pelvis of the kidney. Etiology.—Calculi in the renal pelvis are not frequent in small ..."

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