the presence of stones in the kidney, bladder or urethra
urolithiasis in American English
(ˌjʊroʊlɪˈθaɪəsɪs)
noun
a medical condition, often very painful, involving the formation or presence of calculi within the urinary tract
urolithiasis in American English
(ˌjuroulɪˈθaiəsɪs)
noun
Pathology
a diseased condition marked by the formation of stones in the urinary tract
Word origin
[1855–60; uro-1 + lithiasis]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, lavabo, pipeline, specialist, superheaturo- is a combining form meaning “urine,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix uro- include: urochrome, urolith, urology, uronic acid, uroscopy
Examples of 'urolithiasis' in a sentence
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Pathological biomineralization in the urinary system leads to urolithiasis.
Muhammed A. P. Manzoor, Balwant Singh, Ashish K. Agrawal, Ananthapadmanabha BhagwathArun, M. Mujeeburahiman, Punchappady-Devasya Rekha 2018, 'Morphological and micro-tomographic study on evolution of struvite in synthetic urineinfected with bacteria and investigation of its pathological biomineralization', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0202306. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These bacteria may be useful in the future treatment of calcium oxalate urolithiasis.
Monika Kusz, Adam Alzubedi, Joanna Popiołek, Michał Konopelko 2018, 'Probiotics in urolithiasis', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5419. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Health information on most urolithiasis websites was not validated.
Dwayne T. S. Chang, Robert Abouassaly, Nathan Lawrentschuk 2016, 'Quality of Health Information on the Internet for Urolithiasis on the Google SearchEngine', Advances in Urologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8243095. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 1,918 medical records of patients with urolithiasis.
Yii-Her Chou, Ching-Chia Li, Hsing Hsu, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chia-Chu Liu, Wei-Ming Li,Hung-Lung Ke, Mei-Hui Lee, Mu-En Liu, Shu-Ching Pan, Hsun-Shuan Wang 2011, 'Renal function in patients with urinary stones of varying compositions', Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11000337. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hydronephrosis caused by urolithiasis may cause cytokine release and lead to cardiac dysfunction.
Huei-Ming Yeh, Ting-Tse Lin, Chih-Fan Yeh, Ho-Shiang Huang, Sheng-Nan Chang, Jou-WeiLin, Chia-Ti Tsai, Ling-Ping Lai, Yi-You Huang, Chun-Lin Chu 2017, 'Biomarkers and echocardiography for evaluating the improvement of the ventriculardiastolic function after surgical relief of hydronephrosis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5697892?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Debate still goes on about minimally invasive treatment of urolithiasis.
De S, Autorino R, Kim FJ 2016, 'Re: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Versus Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery: A SystematicReview and Meta-Analysis', Journal of Urological Surgeryhttp://jurolsurgery.org/article_10394/Re-Percutaneous-Nephrolithotomy-Versus-Retrograde-Intrarenal-Surgery-A-Systematic-Review-And-Meta-analysis. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)