enterolith

English

WOTD – 29 June 2012

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”); synchronically, entero- +‎ -lith.

Noun

enterolith (plural enteroliths)

A mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
(chiefly Britain) A bezoar.

Translations

mineral concretion in the intestinal tract

Finnish: suolikivi, enteroliitti
French: entérolithe (fr) m
German: Darmstein m, Enterolith m
Latgalian: eņterolits

Portuguese: enterólito
Russian: энтеролит (ru) (enterolit), кише́чный (ru) (kišéčnyj) конкремент (ru) (konkrement)
Swedish: tarmsten c, enterolit c

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