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lith

  [lith]
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–noun British Dialect.
1. an arm or leg; limb.
2. a joint, as of the finger.
3. a segment, as of an orange.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D, OHG lid, ON lithr, Goth lithus limb, member; akin to G Glied

lith-

 
var. of litho- before a vowel: lithic.

-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-

Lith.

 
1. Lithuania.
2. Also, Lith Lithuanian.

lith.

 
1. lithograph.
2. lithographic.
3. lithography.

litho-

 
a combining form meaning “stone,” used in the formation of compound words: lithography; lithonephrotomy.
Also, especially before a vowel, lith-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of líthos
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Medical Dictionary

-lith suff.
Mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.

litho- or lith-
pref.
Mineral concretion; calculus: lithotomy.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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