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sialolith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sialolith
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are other obstructions of the salivary ducts that are sometimes also referred to (more broadly) as sialoliths, including infectious blockage, stenosis, etc. There are also other substances besides calcium that may be the cause of the obstruction.

Etymology

From sialo- + -lith.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sialoliths (plural)

Derived Forms

sialolithectomy sialolithiasis sialolithotomy

Synonyms

salivary calculus

Questions

What does sialolith mean?
Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are other obstructions of the salivary ducts that are sometimes also referred to (more broadly) as sialoliths, including infectious blockage, stenosis, etc. There are also other substances besides calcium that may be the cause of the obstruction.
Where does sialolith come from?
From sialo- + -lith.

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