Definition of Salivary calculus

1. Noun. A stone formed in the salivary gland.

Exact synonyms: Sialolith
Generic synonyms: Calculus, Concretion

Medical Definition of Salivary calculus

1. A calculus in a salivary duct or gland. Synonym: supragingival calculus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salivary Calculus

saliretin
salisburia
salite
salitrose
saliva
saliva pump
saliva test
salivae
salival
salivalike
salivant
salivants
salivaria
salivarium
salivary
salivary calculus (current term)
salivary colic
salivary corpuscle
salivary digestion
salivary duct
salivary duct calculi
salivary ducts
salivary fistula
salivary gland
salivary gland biopsy
salivary gland calculi
salivary gland disease
salivary gland fistula
salivary gland hormone
salivary gland virus

Literary usage of Salivary calculus

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

1. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"THE color, consistence, and quantity of salivary calculus, or tartar, ... salivary calculus is composed of earthy salts and animal matter. ..."

2. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"salivary calculus. The salivary ducts beneath the tongue may be obstructed in exceptional cases, from the introduction of foreign bodies, but more commonly ..."

3. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1891)
"AN ANOMALOUS CASE ON salivary calculus. BY EDMUND OWEN, f. R. c. S. A lady recently came under my care for a troublesome but painless swelling of the left ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1833)
"(Journal de Chimie Medicate, Chemical examination of a salivary calculus of an extraordinary size Avril 1833.^—Its form was oval; its exterior of a whitish ..."

5. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"salivary calculus The duct that carries the saliva from the gland to the mouth passes under the jaw, winds outward over the lower jaw-boue and empties ..."

6. A Treatise on Surgery by Timothy Holmes (1875)
"salivary calculus. Acute tonsillitis, or quinsy. TONSILLITIS the body of a frog, and is generally confined to the mouth. Sometimes it grows to a large size, ..."

7. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"THE color, consistence, and quantity of salivary calculus, or tartar, ... salivary calculus is composed of earthy salts and animal matter. ..."

8. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"salivary calculus. The salivary ducts beneath the tongue may be obstructed in exceptional cases, from the introduction of foreign bodies, but more commonly ..."

9. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1891)
"AN ANOMALOUS CASE ON salivary calculus. BY EDMUND OWEN, f. R. c. S. A lady recently came under my care for a troublesome but painless swelling of the left ..."

10. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1833)
"(Journal de Chimie Medicate, Chemical examination of a salivary calculus of an extraordinary size Avril 1833.^—Its form was oval; its exterior of a whitish ..."

11. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"salivary calculus The duct that carries the saliva from the gland to the mouth passes under the jaw, winds outward over the lower jaw-boue and empties ..."

12. A Treatise on Surgery by Timothy Holmes (1875)
"salivary calculus. Acute tonsillitis, or quinsy. TONSILLITIS the body of a frog, and is generally confined to the mouth. Sometimes it grows to a large size, ..."

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