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-lith

-lith

a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith).
Compare -lite.


Origin:
see litho-
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-lith
 
n combining form
Compare -lite indicating stone or rock: megalith
 
[from Greek lithos stone]

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Medical Dictionary

-lith suff.
Mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.

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