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An abnormal concretion occurring mostly in the urinary and biliary tracts, usually composed of mineral salts. Also called stones.
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- Biliary or Urinary Stones
- Calculus
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with organ/diseases term; chemolysis of calculi: coordinate disease with /ther, not /drug ther
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- National Library of Medicine. Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002137. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002137
- Calculi. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_(medicine)
- Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617079