calices? pl of calix. See def.

Posted By: Txczech on 2006-08-05
In Reply to: The s/l *kaloses* were delicate and evenly distributed with no filling defects. - Patient is having a bladder x-ray. TIA!

Subject: calices? pl of calix. See def.

calix, pl. calices

kQcliks, kalci-sTz

A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project. Syn: calyx.

Origin

[L. fr. G. kalyx, the cup of a flower]

calices renales majores

calices renales minores

major calices

minor calices

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The s/l *kaloses* were delicate and evenly distributed with no filling defects. - Patient is having a bladder x-ray. TIA!
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