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Webster 1913 Edition


Lithic

Lith′ic

(lĭth′ĭk)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
λιθικόσ
of or belonging to stones, fr.
λίθοσ
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
.

Lith′ic

,
Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

Lith′ic

,
Adj.
[From
Lithium
.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.
Frankland.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lithic

LITH'IC

,
Adj.
[supra.] Pertaining to the stone in the bladder. The lithic acid is obtained from a calculus in the bladder.