(pathology) A concretion formed in the intestine.
enterolith
| Sci-Tech Dictionary: enterolith |
(′ent·ə·rō′lith)
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| Food and Nutrition: enterolith |
Stone within the intestine, commonly builds up around a gall stone or swallowed fruit stone.
| Medical Dictionary: en·ter·o·lith |
(ĕn'tə-rō-lĭth')
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An intestinal calculus formed of layers surrounding a nucleus of a hard indigestible substance.
| Veterinary Dictionary: enterolith |
A calculus in the intestine; they achieve their greatest importance in horses where they can cause obstruction of the large intestine. In most cases the resulting attacks of colic are recurrent. The enteroliths are smooth, lamellated objects consisting of ammonium magnesium phosphate and occur in mature animals.
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| WordNet: enterolith |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a calculus occurring in the intestines
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