cystolith
(ˈsɪstəʊlɪθ)
[cysto- + Gr. λίθ-ος stone.]
1. Bot. A club-shaped stratified outgrowth of the walls of some cells, containing minute crystals of calcium carbonate.
| 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. 503 Crystals..accumulated on a clavate process..called cystolithes. 1875 Bennett Sachs' Bot. 64 Masses of cellulose..known as Cystoliths. |
2. Path. ‘Stone or calculus of the bladder’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). Hence cystoˈlithic a. [in F. cystolithique], relating to stone in the bladder.
| 1846 Worcester cites Dunglison s.v. Cystolithic. |