Definitions

calculous

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kyə ləs /

ADJECTIVE

gritty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dusty grainy rough

WEAK

abrasive branlike crumbly friable gravelly in particles loose lumpy permeable porous powdery pulverant rasping sabulous sandy scratchy

Antonyms

WEAK

afraid cowardly fine smooth spineless

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Volumes ten and twelve contained reports of his operations in lithotomy; volume eleven, a paper on Fractures and Calculous Diseases.

From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Peter, Robert

calculous

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