(medicine, pathology) Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are other obstructions of the salivary ducts that are sometimes also referred to (more broadly) as sialoliths, including infectious blockage, stenosis, etc. There are also other substances besides calcium that may be the cause of the obstruction.

plural of sialolith

The production of sialoliths

A condition where a calcified mass (called a sialolith or salivary stone) forms within a salivary gland.

Excision of a sialolith.

Lithectomy for a sialolith; Excision of a sialolith.

plural of sialolithotomy