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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
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kidney stone
noun
Medical Definition of KIDNEY STONE
: a calculus in the kidney—called also renal calculus
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