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Meaning of LITHIC

Pronunciation:  'lithik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  relating to or composed of stone; "lithic sandstone"
  2. [adj]  of or containing lithium
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Lith"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of or belonging to stones, fr.
    li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.]
    1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.
    2. (Med.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid
       concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the
       body; as, lithic diathesis.
    {LIthic acid} (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See {Uric acid},
       under {Uric}.
    
  2. \Lith"ic\, n. (Med.)
    A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
    
  3. \Lith"ic\, a. [From {Lithium}.] (Chem.)
    Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.
    --Frankland.
    
 
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 Definition: of, or pertaining to stone.
 
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