‖ lithiasis Path.
(lɪˈθaɪəsɪs)
[mod.L. lithiasis, Gr. λιθίασις, f. λιθιᾶν, f. λίθος stone.]
The formation of stony concretions in any part of the body, esp. in the bladder and urinary passages.
| 1657 Physical Dict., Lithiasis, the disease of the stone, engendered in a mans body. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Stone, The lithiasis, or the disposition of the kidneys and bladder to generate stones. 1835 G. Gregory Theory & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 567 The foundation of our reasonings concerning lithiasis. 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Lithiasis. Name given to a disease of the eyelids, in which small hard tumours grow upon their margins. 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 906 The discharge from the body of urinary concretions..constitutes lithiasis or gravel. |