(kā'lĭx )

Plural: calyces

[L. calyx, stem calyc-, fr. Gr. kalyx stem kalyk- , shell, husk, cup of a flower, goblet]

1. A cuplike organ or cavity.
2. Either of two cuplike expansions, the major and the minor, of the proximal end of the renal pelvis that encloses the papilla of a renal pyramid and receives urine.

SEE: calix.

calyceal,

(kal‵ĭ-sē'ăl, kā‵ĭ-sē'ăl)