Definitions for kidney stone

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kid′ney stone`(n.)

  1. a stony mineral concretion formed abnormally in the kidney.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of kidney stone:

1945–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus(noun)

    a calculus formed in the kidney

Wiktionary

  1. kidney stone(Noun)

    A calculus in the kidney; (older term) kidney gravel


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