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mi⋅cro⋅lith

  [mahy-kruh-lith]
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–noun Archaeology.
a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, esp. during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.

Origin:
1875–80; micro- + -lith
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mi·cro·lith   (mī'krō-lĭth')   
n.   Archaeology
A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the European Mesolithic Period.
mi'cro·lith'ic (-lĭth'ĭk) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mi·cro·lith
Pronunciation: 'mI-krO-"lith
Function: noun
: a microscopic calculus or concretion microliths into blood vessels —Modern Medicine> —compare GRAVEL 1
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microlith mi·cro·lith (mī'krə-lĭth')
n.
A minute calculus, usually multiple and resembling coarse sand.

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microlith   (mī'krō-lĭth')  Pronunciation Key 
A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the European Mesolithic Period.
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