calculus

UK /ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/ US /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

Calculation; computation.

2

Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.

lambda calculus

predicate calculus

3

Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.

Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis

I took calculus in high school.

4

A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies.

5

Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.

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