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Examples include suggesting using glue to get cheese to stick to pizza or drinking urine to pass kidney stones quickly.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 31 May 2024
In the 16th century, Michelangelo, who suffered from kidney stones, traveled from Rome to the village of Fiuggi, Italy (a journey that takes about an hour by train today), where the natural mineral waters were thought to alleviate pain from urinary illnesses.
—Gisela Williams, New York Times, 28 May 2024
The kidney stone remained trapped causing infection and leaving her in agonizing pain.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
The Broncos have made passing a kidney stone look easier than passing the football the past eight years.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 11 May 2024
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Word History
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 17 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
kidney stone
noun
: a calculus in the kidney
called also renal calculus
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