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Meanings of calculus in English
A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body.
Synonyms
Examples for "stone"
Examples for "stone"
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He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
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History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s.
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Unfortunately the staircase was in stone; servants were busy in the drawing-room.
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He may, indeed, require divine help to roll aside this particular stone.
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The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
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The great stones that survive today date from this period of building.
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Background: Occasionally patients present to the surgeon with known common duct stones.
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Young protesters pelted police with stones and blocked access to the area.
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Large stones that block the urinary tract, however, may require hospital treatment.
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Perhaps the stones would only come to his aid in special situations.
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However, whether thiazide diuretics can definitely prevent recurrent kidney calculi remains unclear.
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Herman and the Ephemerides mention cases of calculi in the seminal vesicles.
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For example essentially all calculi are echogenic, irrespective of their radiologic density.
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Further exploration showed multiple calculi in the right and common hepatic ducts.
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Conclusion: Mini-PCNL is safe and effective for managing renal calculi in adult patients.
Usage of calculus in English
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That means we have to change the calculus of cost versus benefit.
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Of course you could do this analytically using a bit of calculus.
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Schenck mentions a calculus perforating the bladder and lodging in the groin.
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The modern calculus of profit and loss probably meant nothing to Ivan.
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Moreover, calculus around operational risk is necessarily based on subjective management judgement.
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It's just that we make decisions based on a particular stubborn calculus.
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One must also keep in mind renal calculus in determining bowel diseases.
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Zamora said the meeting shows that the calculus around robusta is changing.
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How will the extent of Iranian casualties change the calculus in Tehran?
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But the shooting down of the Malaysian airline changed the political calculus.
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Even calculus and geometry represent the need for something beyond the individual.
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The Ephemerides speaks of a calculus coming away with the menstrual fluid.
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Scores on calculus midterms shot up by an average of fifteen points.
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With a U.S. election due in November, the calculus may have changed.
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Nobody else could make calculus even remotely interesting, I'm sure of it.
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I did learn calculus, but I can't remember how to do it.
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Translations for calculus
Russian
Spanish
Calculus through the time
Calculus across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common