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<hw>Lith"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <def>A combining form from Gr. <?/, <i>stone</i>.</def>

<h1>Lithobilic</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*bil"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho</ets> + <ets>bile</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.</def>

<h1>Lithocarp</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*carp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ fruit: cf. F. <ets>lithocarpe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.</def>

<h1>Lithochromatics</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*chro*mat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lithochromics</er>.</def>

<h1>Lithochromics</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*chro"mics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ color.]</ety> <def>The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.</def>

<h1>Lithoclast</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*clast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to break.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.</def>

<h1>Lithocyst</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*cyst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (<i>otoliths</i>). They are found in many Medus\'91, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.</def>

<h1>Lithodome</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*dome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ house: cf. F. <ets>lithodome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus <spn>Lithodomus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Lithodomous</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thod"o*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.</def>

<h1>Lithodomus</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thod"o*mus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lithodome</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also <altname>Lithophagus</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter.</note>

<h1>Lithofellic</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*fel"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + L. <ets>fel</ets>, <ets>fellis</ets>, gall.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.</def>

<h1>Lithofracteur</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*frac"teur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <?/ stone + L. <ets>frangere</ets>, <ets>fractum</ets>, to break.]</ety> <def>An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See <er>Nitroglycerin</er>.</def>

<h1>Lithogenesy</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*gen"e*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> Gr. <?/ origin, generation: cf. F. <ets>lithog\'82n\'82sie</ets>. See <er>Genesis</er>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.</def>

<h1>Lithogenous</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.</def>