'Lithic' definitions:
Definition of 'lithic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or containing lithium
adjective
Relating to or composed of stone; "lithic sandstone"
Definition of 'Lithic'
From: GCIDE
- Lithic \Lith"ic\, a. [From Lithium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. --Frankland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lithic'
From: GCIDE
- Lithic \Lith"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lithic'
From: GCIDE
- Lithic \Lith"ic\ (l[i^]th"[i^]k), a. [Gr. liqiko`s of or belonging to stones, fr. li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis. [1913 Webster]
- Lithic acid (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See Uric acid, under Uric. [1913 Webster]