lithiasis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪˈθaɪ.əsɪs/ === Noun === lithiasis (plural lithiases) (medicine) The process of forming stonelike deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “lithiasis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “lithiasis”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “lithiasis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.