Lithonthriptic
(Lith`on*thrip"tic, Lith`on*thryp"tic) a. & n. [Litho- + Gr. to crush.] Same as Lithontriptic.
Lithontriptic
(Lith`on*trip"tic) a. [Gr. li`qos, acc. a stone + to rub, grind: cf. F. lithontriptique.] (Med.)
Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic
forcéps. — n. A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.
Lithontriptist
(Lith"on*trip"tist), n. Same as Lithotriptist.
Lithontriptor
(Lith"on*trip`tor) n. (Surg.) See Lithotriptor.
Lithophagous
(Li*thoph"a*gous) a. [Litho- + Gr. to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) Eating or swallowing stones or
gravel, as the ostrich. (b) Eating or destroying stone; — applied to various animals which make burrows
in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.
Lithophane
(Lith`o*phane) n. [Litho- + Gr. fai`nein to show, reveal.] Porcelain impressed with figures
which are made distinct by transmitted light, — as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.
Lithophosphor
(Lith"o*phos`phor) n. [Litho- + phosphor.] A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.
Lithophosphoric
(Lith`o*phos*phor"ic) a. Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.
Lithophotography
(Lith`o*pho*tog"ra*phy) n. [Litho- + photography.] Same as Photolithography.
Lithophyll
(Lith"o*phyll) n. [Gr. li`qos a stone + a leaf: cf. F. lithophylle.] A fossil leaf or impression of
a leaf.
Lithophyse
(Lith"o*physe) n. [Litho- + Gr. a flatus, air bubble.] (Min.) A spherulitic cavity often with
concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced
by expanding gas, whence the name.
Lithophyte
(Lith"o*phyte) n. [Litho- + Gr. plant: cf. F. lithophyte.] (Zoöl.) A hard, or stony, plantlike
organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis.
All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.
Lithophytic
(Lith`o*phyt"ic) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes.
Lithophytous
(Li*thoph"y*tous) a. Lithophytic.
Lithosian
(Li*tho"sian) n. [From NL. Lithosia, the typical genus, fr. Gr. li`qos a stone, a rock.] (Zoöl.)
Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidæ. Many of them are beautifully
colored.
Lithotint
(Lith"o*tint) n. [Litho- + tint.]
1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.
2. A picture produced by this process.
Lithotome
(Lith"o*tome) n. [Gr. cutting stones; li`qos stone + to cut: cf. F. lithotome.]
1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
Lithotomic
(Lith`o*tom"ic Lith`o*tom"ic*al) a. [Gr. li`qos stone cutting: cf. F. lithotomique.] Pertaining
to, or performed by, lithotomy.
