Lithic acid(Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See Uric acid, under Uric.

lithic
(lith"ic), n. (Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

Lithic
(Lith"ic), a. [From Lithium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland.

Lithiasis
(||Li*thi"a*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. liqi`asis, fr. li`qos stone.] (Med.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages. Dunglison.

Lithic
(Lith"ic) a. [Gr. liqiko`s of or belonging to stones, fr. li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.]

1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.

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