Chem. [ad. G. urostealit (Heller, 1845), f. uro- URO-1 + Gr. στέαρ fat + -lit -LITH.] A peculiar fatty substance found in certain urinary calculi.
1846. G. Bird, Urin. Deposits (ed. 2), 314. The urine, in the only case in which urostealith has been hitherto found.
1858. Thudichum, The Urine, 415. Urostealith was found dissolved in the urine.
attrib. 1872. Bryant, Pract. Surg., 523. The uro-stealith, and the siliceous formations.
1883. Holmes’ Syst. Surg. (ed. 3), III. 250. The uro-stealith calculus is another of the pseudoforms.
So Urostealite. [Cf. -LITE.]
1854. R. D. Thomson, Cycl. Chem., 511/2. Urostealite, an urinary calculus insoluble in water.
1868. Watts’ Dict. Chem., V. 968.
