Friday, 21 August 2015

(prefix)lith

lithagogue      having the power to expel concretions from the bladder or kidney
lithectasy      surgical removal of concretions through the urethra
lithiasis       formation of concretions in any part of the body
lithic         of or pertaining to stone.
lithics         study of stone artifacts
lithification   process of becoming stone
lithobiotic     pertaining to the natural state of crystals or minerals
lithocarp       fossilized fruit
lithochromatics         application of oil paints to stone
lithochromatography     colour printing using several lithographic plates
lithochromy     painting upon stone
lithochrysography       printing in gold on stone
lithoclast      stone breaker; tool for breaking rocks
lithodialysis   operation by which bladder stones are dissolved
lithodomous     living in burrows in rocks
lithofractor    rock-breaker
lithogenesis    formation of rocks
lithogenous     stone-producing; coral-producing
lithoglyph      engraving on stone
lithography     art of printing on specially prepared stone to allow ink
impressions
lithoid         having the structure or nature of stone
litholabe       instrument for holding stone while being extracted from the bladder
litholatry      stone-worship
lithology       study of rocks
lithomancy      divination by stones or meteorites
lithometer      instrument for measuring size of a concretion in the bladder
lithomyl        tool for reducing concretions into powder
lithontriptic   breaking up concretions in the bladder
lithopaedium    dead fetus impregnated with calcareous matter
lithophagous    stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock
lithophany      art of making a kind of ornamental glass
lithophilous    living among stones
lithophone      medical instrument that makes audible sound upon contact
of probe with a concretion
lithophosphoric         becoming phosphorescent when heated
lithophyte      plant that grows on rock
lithosphere     crust and upper mantle of the earth
lithostatic     designating pressure exerted by overlying rock layers
lithostratigraphy       study of layers of rock based on their physical
characteristics
lithotheology   natural theology based on the study of stones
lithotint       tinted picture created from a lithograph
lithotome       naturally occurring rock that resembles a cut stone
lithotomy       surgical operation to remove stones from the bladder
lithotomy       a quarry
lithotripsy     operation involving crushing or disintegration of bladder stones
lithotrite      archaic medical instrument for crushing bladder stones
lithotype       etched stone surface for printing
lopolith        complex laccolith with a centrally sunken base

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