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MeSH Heading: Urinary Calculi
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.967.500; C12.200.777.967.500; C12.950.967.500; C23.300.175.850
Unique ID: D014545
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014545
Annotation: general or unspecified; consider URINARY BLADDER CALCULI; KIDNEY CALCULI; URETERAL CALCULI; chemical composition of calculi: use /‌chem; /‌ultrastruct permitted
Scope Note: Low-density crystals or stones in any part of the URINARY TRACT. Their chemical compositions often include CALCIUM OXALATE, magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), CYSTINE, or URIC ACID.
Entry Term(s): Urinary Stones; Urinary Tract Stones
See Also: Crystalluria
Public MeSH Note: 1963
History Note: 1963
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/02/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Urinary Calculi MeSH Descriptor Data 2025