| caliceal |
pertaining to or affecting a calix; spelled also calyceal.
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| caliceal d. |
an epithelium-lined cavity adjacent to a renal calix, often inflamed and filled with cloudy fluid or pus that in time may calcify into a calculus. Two types are distinguished: type I is more common, a bulbous diverticulum connected by a long thin neck to one pole of a calix; type II is a rare type, a round diverticulum connected by a short neck to the central part of a calix. Called also pyelocaliceal d.
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| caliceal f. |
the inner border of a renal calix where it touches a papilla or papillae.
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