fæcolith

fæcolith

See also: faecolith

English

Noun

fæcolith (plural fæcoliths)

1. Obsolete form of fecolith.
   • 1905, Westminster Hospital Reports, page 140:

     The appendix contained three soft fæcoliths.

   • 1914, Annals of Surgery, page 13:

     The appendix when brought into view was found chronically inflamed and distended by fæcoliths.

   • 1916, Guy’s Hospital Gazette, page 207:

     Similarly a fæcolith may become impacted in the pelvic colon.