sialolith

Oct. 30th, 2014 07:43 am
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sialolith (SEYE-uh-loh-lith, see-AY-luh-lith) - n., a stone formed in the salivary gland or duct.


Just as you can get a kidney stone, you can get a calculus in other glands. From Greek roots síalo(n), saliva + lith(os), stone.

---L.
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