Part 6585

<h1>Lithophyll</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*phyll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a stone + <?/ a leaf: cf. F. <ets>lithophylle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.</def>

<h1>Lithophyse</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*physe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a flatus, air bubble.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lithophyte</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*phyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ plant: cf. F. <ets>lithophyte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lithophytic</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*phyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to lithophytes.</def>

<h1>Lithophytous</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thoph"y*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lithophytic.</def>

<h1>Lithosian</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*tho"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From NL. <ets>Lithosia</ets>, the typical genus, fr. Gr. <?/ a stone, a rock.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family <i>Lithosid\'91</i>. Many of them are beautifully colored.</def>

<h1>Lithotint</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*tint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>tint</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A picture produced by this process.</def>

<h1>Lithotome</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cutting stones; <?/ stone + <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>lithotome</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.</def>

<h1>Lithotomic, Lithotomical</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw><hw>Lith`o*tom"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lith`o*tom"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ stone cutting: cf. F. <ets>lithotomique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.</def>

<h1>Lithotomist</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thot"o*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lithotomiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.</def>

<h1>Lithotomy</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*thot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lithotomia</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lithotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.</def>

<h1>Lithotripsy</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"o*trip`sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to rub, grind: cf. F. <ets>lithotripsie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called <i>lithotriptor</i> or <i>lithotrite</i>; lithotrity.</def>

<h1>Lithotriptic</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith`o*trip"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lithontriptic</er>.</def>