lithiasis

From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈθaɪ.əsɪs/

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lithiasis (plural lithiases)

1. (medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.

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• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lithiasis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “lithiasis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.