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Calculous

Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.

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Calculus 74% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

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Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

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Calculus 66% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation

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Barycentric adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

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Bilestone noun · 78% connection

A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary.

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Calculi n. pl. · 78% connection

See Calculus.

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Concretion noun · 78% connection

A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lu…

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Cystolith noun · 78% connection

A urinary calculus.

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Cystotomy noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

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Element noun · 78% connection

An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinite…

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End noun · 78% connection

a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go o…

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Exponential adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.

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Fluent noun · 78% connection

A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

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Fluxion noun · 78% connection

A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their…

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Gallstone noun · 78% connection

A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

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Gravel-stone noun · 78% connection

A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.

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Grittiness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being gritty.

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Integral adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus.

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Integration noun · 78% connection

an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined

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