Disease or Syndrome
nephrolithiasis
Subclass of:
Kidney Diseases; Urolithiasis
Definitions related to nephrolithiasis:
  • (kidney stone) A crystalline mass in the pelvis of the kidney that is composed of mineral salts and proteins.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Condition marked by the presence of renal calculi, abnormal concretions within the kidney, usually of mineral salts.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Formation of stones in the KIDNEY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The presence of a calculus in the pelvis of the kidney; this is most often composed of mineral salts and proteins.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The presence of calculi (stones) in the kidneys.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Nephrolithiasis specifically refers to calculi in the kidneys, but renal calculi and ureteral calculi (ureterolithiasis) are often discussed in conjunction. The majority of renal calculi contain calcium.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
  • Nephrolithiasis refers to the presence of crystalline stones (calculi) within the urinary system (kidneys and ureter). Such renal stones are composed of varying amounts of crystalloid and organic matrix. Ureteric stones almost always originate in the kidney but then pass down into the ureter.
    Epocrates
    Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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