See Also: phlebolith(medicine)

permineralization (iou) and phlebolith (medicine)


permineralization (iou)



permineralization noun. Also permineralisation. L19.
[from PER-1 + MINERALIZATION.]
Geology. The action or result of fossilization by the precipitation of dissolved minerals in the interstices of hard tissue.
per'mineralize verb trans. subject to permineralization E20.

phlebolith (medicine)


phlebolith
<cardiology, pathology> A concretion or stone within a cardiovascular vein.

Origin: Gr. Phlebos = vein.