*lithic*

a. (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- n. An antilithic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + liqiko`s pertaining to a stone. ] (Archæol.) Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to a batholith. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Med.) Relating to stone in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. granum a grain (or E. granite) + -lith + -ic. ] A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. (Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Lithium. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to megaliths or the period during which they were erected; as, megalithic monuments like Stonehenge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Formed of small stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neo- + -lith + -ic. ] (Archaeol. & Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone; the late stone age. Estimated as beginning around 9000 b. c. in the Middle East, this period is characterized by the beginnings of farming, the domestication of animals, and the manufacture of textiles and pottery. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the “Stone age;” the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or “crannogs, ” of the British Isles, belong to this era. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. nefro`s a kidney + -lith + ic. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to kidney stones, or renal calculi. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to otoliths. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Same as paleolithic.
Syn. -- paleolithic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the “Stone Age;” the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pyro- + lithic. ] (Old Chem.) Same as Pyrouric, or Cyanuric. [ 1913 Webster ]