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lithic

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθɪk/

The English word “lithic” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relating to stone.
  2. Relating to rock.
  3. Relating to lithium.
  4. Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
  5. pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.

noun

  1. A stone tool or projectile.
  2. A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
  3. A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.

Etymology

From lith- + -ic.

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