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calculus
1) a method of computation or calculation in a specific notation (as in symbolic logic)
2) mathematical methods comprising differential & integral calculus
3) mineralization around organic material (as in concretion of bacterial plaque as may occur in periodontal disease)
4) urinary calculus
5) pancreatic calculus
6) gallstone
7) salivary stone
Related
stone
Specific
sialolithiasis (salivary stone)
References
- Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Miriam-Webster
Inc. Springfield, MA 1990
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 185