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Lithocyst :: Lithocyst (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs..

Rhinolith :: Rhinolith (n.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay..

Eaglestone :: Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites..

Cystolith :: Cystolith (n.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

Tophus :: Tophus (n.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium..

Concretive :: Concretive (a.) Promoting concretion.

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..

Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..

Globuliferous :: Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock..

Node :: Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint..

Hippolith :: Hippolith (n.) A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse..

Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..

Lithofellic :: Lithofellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope..

Concretional :: Concretional (a.) Concretionary.

Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

Stone :: Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus..

Calculus :: Calculus (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc..

Mammillary :: Mammillary (a.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances..

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