enterolith
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enterolith
(′ent·ə·rō′lith)
(pathology) A concretion formed in the intestine.
Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
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enterolith
Stone within the intestine, commonly builds up around a gall stone or swallowed fruit stone.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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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.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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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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