lithic

lithic
—lithically, adv.
/lith"ik/, adj.
1. pertaining to or consisting of stone.
2. Petrol. pertaining to clastic rocks, either sedimentary or volcanic, containing a large proportion of debris from previously formed rocks: a lithic sandstone; lithic tuff.
3. Pathol. pertaining to stony concretions, or calculi, formed within the body, esp. in the bladder.
4. Chem. of, pertaining to, or containing lithium.
n.
5. Archaeol. a stone artifact.
[1790-1800; < Gk lithikós of stone. See LITH-, -IC]

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