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kidney stone

noun

medical : a hard object like a small stone that sometimes forms in a kidney and that can cause great pain

Full Definition of KIDNEY STONE

:  a calculus (as of calcium salts) in the kidney
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First Known Use of KIDNEY STONE

1874
Medical Dictionary

kidney stone

noun

Medical Definition of KIDNEY STONE

:  a calculus in the kidney—called also renal calculus

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