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calculose

calculose adjective: stony; gritty.

Adjective

calculose (comparative more calculose, superlative most calculose)

  1. stony; gritty
    • The volatile salt of urine will coagulate spirits of wine; and thus, perhaps, the stones, or calculose concretions in the kidney or bladder, may be produced.1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis

Forms of calculose

comparativemore calculose
superlativemost calculose

Questions about calculose

What does calculose mean?
Calculose means stony; gritty.
What part of speech is calculose?
Calculose is an adjective.

Words near calculose in the dictionary

  1. calculifrage
  2. calculifrages
  3. calculing
  4. calculist
  5. calculists
  6. calculose
  7. calculosis
  8. calculous
  9. calculus
  10. calculus of variations
  11. calculuses

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