calculus

calculus has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
• n.. the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
• n.. 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"
• n.. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums