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Question
Answer the following question.
Doctors say Mr. Shaikh is suffering from urolithiasis. How it could be explained in simple words?
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Solution
Urolithiasis is the condition of having calculi in the urinary tract (which also includes the kidneys), which may pass into urinary bladder.
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