In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between gallstone and lithiasis
is that gallstone is (medicine) a small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts while lithiasis is (medicine) the process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
As nouns the difference between gallstone and lithiasis
is that gallstone is (medicine) a small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts while lithiasis is (medicine) the process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
gallstone
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Noun
(
wikipedia gallstone)
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en noun)
(medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
lithiasis
English
Noun
(lithiases)
(medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
Derived terms
* lithiatic
* cholecystolithiasis
* cholelithiasis
* cystolithiasis
* enterolithiasis
* nephrolithiasis
* renolithiasis
* sialolithiasis
* ureterolithiasis
* urethrolithiasis
* urocystolithiasis
* urolithiasis
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