cys·to·lith

(sĭs′tə-lĭth′)

1. Botany A mineral concretion, usually of calcium carbonate, occurring in the epidermal cells of certain plants, such as figs.

2. See urinary calculus.

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cystolith

(ˈsɪstəlɪθ)

1. (Botany) a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle

2. (Pathology) pathol a urinary calculus

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cys•to•lith

(ˈsɪs tl ɪθ)

n.

a knobby concretion of calcium carbonate in the cell walls of some leaves.

[1840–50]

cys`to•lith′ic, adj.

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Noun

cystolith - a calculus formed in the bladder

bladder stone

calculus, concretion - a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful"

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cystolithe

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Patients who were extremely weak because of systemic diseases such as serious cardiopulmonary and hepatorenal dysfunction and coagulation dysfunction, had severe urinary system infection, urethrostenosis, cystolith and extremely reduced bladder volume induced by severe bladder contracture, or had neurogenic bladder diseases were excluded.

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Inflorescences are loose; subtending floral leaves have a sparse covering of sessile glandular trichomes; perigonal bracts have few capitates-talked glandular trichomes and many cystolith trichomes.

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Probably odor (which is interconnected with taste) is the only organoleptic factor of interest, although the abrasiveness of the foliage, caused by the presence of cystolith hairs (Fig.

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