kidney stone meaning

Definition of kidney stone

1. a calculus formed in the kidney

   Synonyms: urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus

   Type of: calculus

kidney stone in a sentence

• I'm passing kidney stones left and right!
• I had a kidney stone.
• The drug gave me kidney stones.
• You have kidney stones.
• Tom has kidney stones.

How to pronounce kidney stone

kidney stone is pronounced /ˈkɪdni stəʊn/ in British English and /ˈkɪdni stoʊn/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.