| lithogenous | Calculus-forming. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lithograph | To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography. Origin: Litho- + -graph: cf. F. Lithographier. A print made by lithography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithographer | One who lithographs; one who practices lithography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithographic | Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. <chemical> Lithographic limestone, a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and Oolite, especially. Of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. Lithographically. Origin: Cf. F. Lithographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithographical | Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. <chemical> Lithographic limestone, a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and Oolite, especially. Of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. Lithographically. Origin: Cf. F. Lithographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithography | The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic. Origin: Cf. F. Lithographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithoid | Resembling a calculus or stone. Origin: Litho-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithokelyphopedion | A lithopedion in which the foetal parts in contact with the surrounding membranes, as well as the membranes, are calcified. Origin: Litho-+ G. Kelyphos, husk, shell, + paidion, child (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithokelyphos | A type of lithopedion in which the foetal membranes alone undergo calcification. Origin: Litho-+ G. Kelyphos, rind, shell (05 Mar 2000) |
| litholabe | An obsolete instrument for holding a bladder calculus during its removal. Origin: Litho-+ G. Lambano, labein, to grasp (05 Mar 2000) |
| litholapaxy | The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder and washing out the fragments through a catheter. Origin: Litho-+ G. Lapaxis, an emptying out (05 Mar 2000) |
| lithological | 1. <geology> Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents. 2. Of or pertaining to lithology. Origin: Cf. F. Lithologique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithologist | One who is skilled in lithology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lithology | 1. <study> The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature. 2. <medicine> A treatise on stones found in the body. Origin: Litho-: cf. F. Lithologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| litholysis | The dissolution of urinary calculi. Origin: Litho-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |