urolith

English

Etymology

uro- +‎ -lith

Noun

urolith (plural uroliths)

(biology, medicine) A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.
1. A bladder stone as distinguished from a kidney stone or a ureterolith.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

nephrolith (sensu stricto, coordinate, but in practice any stone passed in the urine may be called a kidney stone, as the locus of its formation may not yet be known)

Derived terms

urolithiasis

Translations

bladder stone

Finnish: virtsakivi
Greek: ουρόλιθος (el) m (ourólithos)

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