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n. - The formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ.

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  • He himself bore them submissively for thirteen years; for six he suffered from lithiasis, and for seven years from stomatitis (or, as some say, six years from the former...
  • It may be associated with salivary lithiasis, xerostomia, or organic narrowing of the ducts, but in the majority of cases no such cause can be discovered (D.M. Greig).
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