PTYALITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ptyalith mean? 

• PTYALITH (noun)
  The noun PTYALITH has 1 sense:

1. calculus in a salivary gland

  Familiarity information: PTYALITH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTYALITH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Calculus in a salivary gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ptyalith" 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)