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Symptoms Vary by Stage The symptoms of kidney stones closely align with the four stages that a kidney stone is passed:3
Stage 1 is when the stone forms in the kidney.
—Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
However, at the hospital, Beyer claimed learned that Finch did not have a kidney stone and both of her kidneys were intact.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Common symptoms of kidney stones include pain, blood in the urine, and nausea.
—Mary Choy, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
When this process goes awry, painful kidney stones—hard accumulations of salts and materials such as calcium—can form in this essential organ.
—Max Springer, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 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 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
kidney stone
noun
: a calculus in the kidney
called also renal calculus
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