KIDNEY STONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kidney stone mean? 

• KIDNEY STONE (noun)
  The noun KIDNEY STONE has 1 sense:

1. a calculus formed in the kidney

  Familiarity information: KIDNEY STONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIDNEY STONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A calculus formed in the kidney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

kidney stone; nephrolith; renal calculus; urinary calculus

Hypernyms ("kidney stone" is a kind of...):

calculus; concretion (a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body)

 Context examples 

A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in the kidney from substances in the urine.

(Kidney Stones, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The crystals can also cause kidney stones.

(Gout, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Signs and symptoms include weakness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, constipation, depression, bone pain, osteoporosis, cystic bone lesions, and kidney stones.

(Hyperparathyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

C. urealyticum is commensal to the human skin and is known to cause urinary tract infections, kidney stones and pneumonia.

(Corynebacterium urealyticum, NCI Thesaurus)

Long-term complications of the syndrome include obesity, diabetes, bone fractures, high blood pressure, kidney stones and serious infections.

(Children with Cushing syndrome may have higher suicide risk, NIH)

They cause the glands to secrete high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems, such as kidney stones, fertility problems, and severe ulcers.

(MEN1 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The affected endocrine glands may make high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems such as high blood pressure and kidney stones.

(MEN2, NCI Dictionary)

The researchers saw no difference in the number and frequency of predicted side effects such as high blood calcium levels and kidney stones when they compared the vitamin D and placebo groups.

(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)

Such accumulation can present as gallstones or kidney stones, become bone spurs, or even end up in other parts of the body.

(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The excessive amount of homogentisic acid in the blood may cause damage to cartilage and heart valves, and may result in the formation of kidney stones.

(Alkaptonuria, NCI Thesaurus)