See Also: microlithiasis(medicine)
testicular microlithiasis(medicine)

auk (iou) and microlithiasis (medicine)


auk (iou)



auk noun. L17.
[Old Norse alka razorbill (orig. neck) (Swedish alka, Danish alk).]
Any of several short-winged diving sea birds of the family Alcidae, native to the northern oceans, which includes razorbills, guillemots, and puffins.
great auk a large flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of the N. Atlantic, now extinct. little auk a small Arctic auk, Alle alle.
auklet noun any of various small auks, chiefly of the N. Pacific L19.

microlithiasis (medicine)


microlithiasis


The formation, presence, or discharge of minute concretions, or gravel.

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, microscopic granules of calcium or bone disseminated throughout the lungs.