lithopedion
English
noun
Definitions
- (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek λίθος (stone, a stone).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λίθος
Gloss
stone, a stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lite English
- lithia English
- lithography English
- lithotecnon English
- lithium Latin
- Lithografie German
- -lite Italian
- -lito Spanish, Castilian
- δροσόλιθος Ancient Greek
- λίθινος Ancient Greek
- λίθος Ancient Greek
- λιθάργυρος Ancient Greek
- λιθολάβος Ancient Greek
- λιθόκολλα Ancient Greek
- λιθόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- χρυσόλιθος Ancient Greek
- ἀργυρόλιθος Ancient Greek
- neolittisk Norwegian Bokmål
- neolittisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- litio Esperanto
- liti Catalan, Valencian
- λίθος Greek (modern)
- ליתוגרפיה Hebrew (modern)
- ლითონი Georgian