enterolith

English
WOTD – 29 June 2012

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”); synchronically, entero- +‎ -lith.

Noun

enterolith (plural enteroliths)

  1. A mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
  2. (chiefly Britain) A bezoar.

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