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KIDNEY STONE [9 records]

Record 1 2024-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Struvite kidney stones are a type of kidney stone that is composed of magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate. These stones form when bacteria in the urinary tract produce ammonia, which reacts with magnesium and phosphate in the urine, forming crystals that can grow into stones.

CONT

Struvite stones may form after you have a UTI [urinary tract infection]. They can develop suddenly and become large quickly.

OBS

struvite renal calculi; struvite renal calculuses; struvite calculi; struvite calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • struvite renal calculi
  • struvite renal calculuses
  • struvite calculi
  • struvite calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
CONT

Les calculs de struvite sont composés de magnésium, d'ammonium et de phosphate [...] Les calculs sont formés après une suite d'infections et d'inflammations dans la vessie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

A uric acid stone may form when your urine contains too much acid. Eating a lot of fish, shellfish, and meat—especially organ meat—may increase uric acid in urine.

OBS

uric acid renal calculi; uric acid renal calculuses; uric acid calculi; uric acid calculuses; UA renal calculi; UA renal calculuses; UA calculi; UA calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • uric acid renal calculi
  • uric acid renal calculuses
  • uric acid calculi
  • uric acid calculuses
  • UA renal calculi
  • UA renal calculuses
  • UA calculi
  • UA calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Calcium stones are by far the most common type of kidney stone. They can occur at any age but are most common in cisgender men. Calcium combines with other substances, such as oxalate or phosphate, to form the stone.

OBS

calcium calculi; calcium calculuses; calcium kidney calculi; calcium kidney calculuses; calcium renal calculi; calcium renal calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • calcium renal calculi
  • calcium renal calculuses
  • calcium kidney calculi
  • calcium kidney calculuses
  • calcium calculi
  • calcium calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
CONT

Les calculs calciques sont de loin le type de calculs rénaux le plus commun. Ils peuvent se produire chez l'homme ou la femme à n'importe quel âge, mais sont plus courants chez l'homme. Le calcium se combine à d'autres substances comme l'oxalate ou le phosphate pour former le calcul.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Cystine stones result from a disorder called cystinuria that is passed down through families. Cystinuria causes the amino acid cystine to leak through your kidneys and into the urine.

OBS

cystine renal calculi; cystine renal calculuses; cystine calculi; cystine calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • cystine renal calculi
  • cystine renal calculuses
  • cystine calculi
  • cystine calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Calcium stones: Most kidney stones are composed of calcium and oxalate. Many people who form calcium containing stones have too much calcium in their urine, a condition known as hypercalciuria. There are several reasons why hypercalciuria may occur. Some people absorb too much calcium from their intestines. Others absorb too much calcium from their bones. Still others have kidneys that do not correctly regulate the amount of calcium they release into their urine. There are some people who form calcium oxalate stones as a result of too much oxalate in the urine ...

OBS

calcium oxalate renal calculi; calcium oxalate renal calculuses; calcium oxalate kidney calculi; calcium oxalate kidney calculuses; calcium oxalate calculi; calcium oxalate calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • calcium oxalate renal calculi
  • calcium oxalate renal calculuses
  • calcium oxalate kidney calculi
  • calcium oxalate kidney calculuses
  • calcium oxalate calculi
  • calcium oxalate calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

A staghorn calculus is a type of kidney stone. ... staghorn calculus is the name given to a branching kidney stone, and may form if you have repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs). If they form because of infections, they may be made of struvite which is a mix of magnesium, phosphate and ammonium. If they're the result of a smaller stone growing larger over time, then staghorn calculi are often composed of calcium phosphate, calcium oxalate or a mix of calcium carbonate apatite along with struvite.

OBS

staghorn renal calculi; staghorn renal calculuses; staghorn kidney calculus; staghorn kidney calculuses; staghorn calculi; staghorn calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • staghorn renal calculi
  • staghorn renal calculuses
  • staghorn kidney calculi
  • staghorn kidney calculuses
  • staghorn calculi
  • staghorn calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Kidney stones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material that form in one or both of your kidneys when high levels of certain minerals are in your urine. ... Kidney stones vary in size and shape. They may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a pea. Rarely, some kidney stones are as big as golf balls. Kidney stones may be smooth or jagged and are usually yellow or brown. A small kidney stone may pass through your urinary tract on its own, causing little or no pain. A larger kidney stone may get stuck along the way. A kidney stone that gets stuck can block your flow of urine, causing severe pain or bleeding.

OBS

renal calculus; kidney calculus: The plural forms are "renal calculi" and "renal calculuses," and "kidney calculi" and "kidney calculuses," respectively.

Key term(s)
  • renal calculi
  • renal calculuses
  • kidney calculi
  • kidney calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
CONT

Des concrétions ou des cristaux, dénommés calculs rénaux ou calculs néphrétiques, se forment parfois dans un rein. Elles résultent d'une combinaison de calcium, d'acide urique et d'autres substances présentes dans l'urine. De nombreuses personnes évacuent les petits calculs rénaux sans aucun symptôme, mais les calculs plus gros peuvent être très douloureux lorsqu'ils se déplacent dans l'uretère, pour atteindre la vessie et sortir du corps.

Spanish

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Record 8 2024-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

Calcium phosphate kidney stones are caused by abnormalities in the way the urinary system functions. Your doctor may order a series of blood and urine tests to determine whether any urinary or kidney problems could be causing this type of stone, which often occurs simultaneously with calcium oxalate stones.

OBS

calcium phosphate renal calculi; calcium phosphate renal calculuses; calcium phosphate kidney calculi; calcium phosphate kidney calculuses; calcium phosphate calculi; calcium phosphate calculuses: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • calcium phosphate renal calculi
  • calcium phosphate renal calculuses
  • calcium phosphate kidney calculi
  • calcium phosphate kidney calculuses
  • calcium phosphate calculi
  • calcium phosphate calculuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

An exceptionally tough, compact, fine-grained, greenish or bluish amphibole (specifically tremolite or actinolite) constituting the less rare or valuable kind of jade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

[...] il faut signaler la néphrite, trémolite très tenace dû à un fin feutrage d'aiguilles, d'une très belle couleur verte, recherchée par les lapidaires [...]

OBS

Variété de jade (qui passait pour guérir les reins).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Anfíbol sin alúmina, rico en jade, que cristaliza en el sistema clinorrómbico [...]

OBS

[La nefrita] se encuentra en forma de agregados compactos, de color verde o grisáceo.

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