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Some medications, like diuretics (used to treat high blood pressure and prevent kidney stones, among other things), can also cause your body to create more urine.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 Dec. 2024
Abdominal discomfort is commonly a side effect of medications as well – or may be a symptom of an illness like the flu or a health condition such as GERD, kidney stones or pancreatitis.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
This system predicts the likelihood of kidney stones on a score of 0 to 13.
—Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
This is not currently considered a treatment for kidney stones.
—Mary Choy, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1874, in the meaning defined above
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“Kidney stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kidney%20stone. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
Medical Definition
kidney stone
noun
: a calculus in the kidney
called also renal calculus
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