| Pronunciation: | | 'sistlith
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a calculus formed in the bladder |
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CYSTOLITH is a 9 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | bladder stone |
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| | See Also: | | calculus, concretion |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cys"to*lith\ (s?s"t?-l?th), n. [Gr. ???? bladder +
-lith.]
1. (Bot.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or
other part of a plant.
2. (Med.) A urinary calculus.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - A stalked structure growing from a cell wall into the cell cavity, encrusted with calcium carbonate.
- A mass of calcium carbonate concretion, occasionally silica, formed on ingrowths of modified epidermal cell walls in some plants, esp. of the Acanthaceae family.
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