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Sialolithiasis vs Lithiasis - What's the difference?

sialolithiasis | lithiasis | Derived terms |

Sialolithiasis is a derived term of lithiasis.


As nouns the difference between sialolithiasis and lithiasis

is that sialolithiasis is a condition where a calcified mass forms within a salivary gland 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.

sialolithiasis

English

(wikipedia sialolithiasis)

Noun

(-)
  • A condition where a calcified mass forms within a salivary gland.

    • 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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