An intestinal calculus formed of layers of soaps and earthy phosphates surrounding a nucleus of some hard body such as a swallowed fruit stone or other indigestible substance. [entero- + G. lithos, stone]
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en·ter·o·lith 'ent-ə-rō-.lith n a calculus occurring in the intestine
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n.
a stone within the intestine. It usually builds up around a gallstone or a swallowed fruit stone.
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en·tero·lith (enґtər-o-lith″) [entero- + -lith] any concretion found in the intestine; called also intestinal calculus.Medical dictionary. 2011.