fæcolith

See also: faecolith

English

Noun

fæcolith (plural fæcoliths)

  1. Obsolete form of fecolith.
    • 1905, Westminster Hospital Reports, page 140:
      The appendix contained three soft fæcoliths.
    • 1914, Annals of Surgery, page 13:
      The appendix when brought into view was found chronically inflamed and distended by fæcoliths.
    • 1916, Guy’s Hospital Gazette, page 207:
      Similarly a fæcolith may become impacted in the pelvic colon.
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