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cystolith|ˈsɪstəʊlɪθ| [cysto- + Gr. λίθ-ος stone.] 1. Bot. A club-shaped stratified outgrowth of the walls of some cells, containing minute crystals of calcium carbonate.
1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. 503 Crystals..accumulated on a clavate process..called cystolithes. 1875Bennett Sachs' Bot. 64 Masses of cellulose..known as Cystoliths. 2. Path. ‘Stone or calculus of the bladder’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). Hence cystoˈlithic a. [in F. cystolithique], relating to stone in the bladder.
1846Worcester cites Dunglison s.v. Cystolithic. |