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calculus
calculus is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
- 2noun
A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
- 3noun
the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
- 4noun
a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
"renal calculi can be very painful"
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- 5noun
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
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