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-lith

 
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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  
suff.  

  1. Rock; stone: xenolith.

  2. Stone implement or structure: megalith.

  3. Mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.


[From Greek lithos, stone.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

-lith suff.
Mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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