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Definition of Stercolith
1. Noun. A hard mass of fecal matter.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stercolith
Literary usage of Stercolith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Clinical Journal (1905)
"A stercolith, however, was found and taken away. ... If we had not found the
stercolith in the abscess in the other case I have just mentioned, ..."
2. Birmingham Medical Review (1895)
"due to ulceration set up by the pressure of a stercolith or foreign body.
The curious thing is that these hard bodies may reside for some time in the ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"The vermiform appendix contained a stercolith, and was perforated at its centre.
There was a free discharge of pus, especially from the vagina, ..."
4. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1906)
"It did not contain a stercolith and there was no evidence that its lumen had been
obstructed. .In this case also the symptoms were not those of a sthenic ..."
5. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"Perforation of a diverticulum frequently results from the presence of a stercolith.
If practicable, the opening should be closed by suture, ..."
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